It’s startling.” Every generation has its burdens. The particular plight of Gen X is to have grown up in one world only to hit middle age in a strange new land.

Members of Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, are reaching the age to qualify for 55-and-over communities, and those developments are taking notice. "Gen X is coming.

Considering Gen Xers are collectively less confident in their retirement plans than baby boomers and even many millennials are, it's not surprising that they're turning towards old-school, tried ...