Maureen Stark realized that in the last few years, she hasn't been getting out much. At 82, she no longer enjoys driving, or grocery shopping, or even walking in hot weather. She knew it was time for a change — even though the very idea of leaving her Longboat Key home has bathed her in panic and sliced into her sleep. “I'm more and more conflicted every day that I'm here,” she said, gazing at the mint-green walls of her sunlit living room, just a short walk to the bayshore in the tidy neighborhood where she has spent the last 20 years. “It's almost like a person to me now, this villa.” Despite her qualms, Stark knew that if she didn't snap up the two-bedroom...
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