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Don't get a split level, my place is a split and it sucks. To get in the front door, stairs, leave the entry way, stairs, go to the family room, you guessed it, STAIRS. When we move after the kids are done school we're getting a rancher with a basement. It's fine for adults obviously but a pain if you have kids and need to baby proof stuff or have older relatives, my grandparents can't come over very easily because the way the house is laid out you can't really add railings to most of the small staircases.

Staying active with stairs and maintenance is great and all til you take a fall and then it's game over. If they stick to their limits it's one thing but everyone's always stubborn and then you're worrying about the 90 something year old trying to put up Christmas lights. That's where those seniors complexes are great, either the houses where they're all ranchers with flat roads and the heavy maintenance is taken care of so they can stick to the lighter duty things, or the condo buildings with a bunch of amenities and events and lots of people their own age to interact with.