Sun City

Arizona seniors' community

Sun City is a type of planned retirement community, originally developed in Arizona in 1960, featuring age-restricted housing with resort-style amenities.

The name has been applied to similar developments across the United States.

Sun City also refers to a resort complex in South Africa that became controversial during apartheid when international artists performed there despite cultural boycotts.

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demographic target

Sun Citycollege town

Municipality centered on higher education

Levittown · student housing

climate/geography

Sun CitySeattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

Buffalo · Minneapolis · Portland · New England · Pacific Northwest

life stage connotation

Sun Citycollege campus

Educational institution's property

university town · startup hub · Silicon Valley · youth hostel · dormitory

Family

sun, city, suns, sunny, sunned, sunning, sunshine, sunlight, sunlit

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G