EditorialRay and Beth Nygren, both in their mid-eighties, at the two-bedroom apartment in an independent living community that they moved to after 20 years in a four-bedroom house, in Auburn, Wash., May 17, 2023. (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)
EditorialRay and Beth Nygren, both in their mid-eighties, at the two-bedroom apartment in an independent living community that they moved to after 20 years in a four-bedroom house, in Auburn, Wash., May 17, 2023. (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)
EditorialRay and Beth Nygren, both in their mid-eighties, at the two-bedroom apartment in an independent living community that they moved to after 20 years in a four-bedroom house, in Auburn, Wash., May 17, 2023. (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)