A neighborhood or apartment complex whose population is mostly retired people who moved there as younger adults and never left describes which concept?

• A. Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC)
• B. AARP
• C. Positivity effects
• D. Age in place

Answer: (A)

Naturally occurring retirement communities form when an area ends up with a high concentration of older adults because people who moved there when they were younger later stayed as they aged. The scenario described—a neighborhood or complex populated mostly by retirees who moved in earlier in life and never left—fits this pattern exactly: the community developed organically, not as a purpose-built retirement facility.

It’s not about an organization for older adults (AARP), nor about staying in one’s own home (aging in place) as a general concept, and it’s not about positivity effects, which relate to emotional well-being rather than the demographic makeup of a neighborhood.