I have met so many older people who wished they didn't have to downsize, it is such a sad and common story, people wanting to die in the place they lived but not being able to. Really they can get a new lease on life not having to manage a house far to big for them, but it must be so hard to let go. You must meet all kinds of interesting people at the YMCA, I am always blow away by the tales of 'mundane' people you meet in passing :)