speaking of retirement, here's something I'd really like to see:

Some old-timer who has a farm and can't keep it up anymore should turn it into a retirement commune.

People who want to "buy in" could sell their homes and put the money in the commune's collective fund. Everybody in the commune would be expected to work on the farm, planting, harvesting, repairing, chopping wood, milking cows etc.

It would be especially cool if the commune catered specifically to retired musicians, and the barn was used to host live music open to the public (which would also help to support the commune)

If the farm happened to be on the blue Ridge Parkway, it would probably become a tourist attraction

When the final heart attack comes, I'd rather have it while chopping firewood or baling hay than while wasting away in front of a TV in a room that smells like bleach and urine.