In evaluating communities for over thirty years, the unfortunate reality is that society and government has segregated people in all types of ways – race, age, ability, and income levels. This results in no access to education, amenities, services, reasonable cost housing, healthcare, and workforce development. The most pronounced segregation that creates severe isolation is what has happened to elders and at-risk youth – senior living developments separate older adults from other generations, services, and interactions that support quality of life – making them dependent on others instead of maximizing the community at-large to support their independence and living normally with community. At-risk youth age out of foster care without training or education on general life skills and usually have a social development age that is much younger than their 18-21-year-old selves. Many have no where to go after aging out of the system, creating generations of lost youth. Jane Rohde, Principal of JSR Associates, Inc., has worked in senior living for 30+ years and has been a volunteer parent for two young women during those same years. One of Jane’s girls is 44 years old, has a daughter and a grandson, and is continually on the brink of homelessness and struggles with keeping two jobs that can provide a living wage. There are two components, personal responsibility that is often lacking, but also environments that leave young people ‘hanging’ after aging out of a system that had included more structure and discipline with the anticipation that they will succeed when leaving an institutionalize living situation.  This is setting them up for failure, similar to the institutionalizing of elders does not support independence and quality of life. Our system of caring for elders (particularly those with less means) and of maximizing potential for at-risk youth is missing, in part because there is a lack of integration within communities and neighborhoods that support access to services and universal design to create inclusive community.