At 70 he took 150,000 dollars of his pension savings and invested them in something that could be useful to you and other women.
A **Cumby, a small town in Texas, in the United States***, Robyn Yerian gave birth to **The Bird’s Nest***, a community designed especially for retired women who wish to continue to live independently without sacrificing the presence of others.
The idea arises from a very concrete problem.
By ageing, living alone can mean simultaneously facing high living costs and a daily life in which it is easy to feel isolated.
Robyn was well acquainted with another need: finding a sustainable way to deal with his pension economically.
He decided to use approximately 150,000 dollars of his savings to buy land and equip it with the necessary infrastructure.
Thus a small community was born with 14 equipped pitches.
It is important to specify a particular: Robyn doesn't rent complete houses at $450 a month.
Residents carry their own **tiny house***, i.e. a small mobile or transportable house, or a camper, and rent the equipped space on which to place it.
According to the prices published by the project, prices start from about $450 a month.
Every woman therefore keeps her home, her privacy and her own autonomy.
Just outside the door, however, there are other people with whom to share a conversation, a meal or simply the tranquility of knowing that someone is near.
And this is one of the most interesting aspects of The Bird’s Nest.
Residents told them to help each other in their daily life: accompany them to medical visits, check how a neighbor is after surgery or illness, share meals and spend time together.
It is not a nursing home and does not want to replace a family.
It's a different way of living.
An attempt to bring together two needs which are often considered difficult to reconcile with age: **Continuing to be independent and not to be forced to live alone. ♪ ♪
The project also has an economic dimension.
The investment allows Robyn to obtain an income through the rent of pitches and thus contributes to the sustainability of his own pension.
But, at the same time, he created a space in which other women can build a small community while maintaining their own autonomy.
Robyn could have chosen a more traditional way for his savings.
He decided instead to invest them in a project capable of supporting his future and, at the same time, offer other women a different possibility.
A home.
The freedom to continue to live according to their own habits.
And someone just steps from the door.