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I am a life-long resident of the Manhattan community Peter Cooper Village/ Stuyvesant Town located between 14th St. and 23rd St. and between 1st Ave. and Ave. D. Constructed shortly after World War II primarily for veterans and their families, it is owned and operated by Metropolitan Life. Though for most of its existence, those who wished to live in these uniquely affordable and spacious apartments had to put their names on a long waiting list to be admitted, PCV/ST's buildings and grounds have recently been extensively renovated and opened to the public at market rates.

In Peter Cooper Village, the majority of residents are senior citizens. They and many of the middle-aged people as well, have little or no computer skills, though a good deal of them have purchased computers and are eager to learn how to use them or to learn new applications. However, computers do not come naturally to them.

I belong to a category of people that form part of the "computer generation", a mixture of generations X and Y. We reside mostly outside of PCV/ST and using computers is innate for us, so a good deal of us have developed strong skills in a variety of programs.

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