I understand where he's coming from, but
see this place as the refuge for the elderly.
The young at heart attract one another.
Not sure why you would make that assessment.
Sure, there are two grumpy old men running around here, who happen to be old enough to have grandfathered more than three fourths of the membership and who also happen to have enough substance in their own lives to consider a place like this to be more of an escape from "substance" at least to some degree, and about half a dozen middle agers, including yourself, but most if not ALL the rest here are very young (most of whom I like a lot).
Just because I may take refuge here is no reason to cast such an aspersion on the entire mission or the current membership.