High among the reasons why metro Atlanta's older adult population grew by more than 30 percent between 2000 and 2005 was an influx of people demographers sometimes term "halfbacks." An Atlanta Regional Commission report on the region's aging population notes that "the desire to live closer to family was the factor most likely to influence where someone would move." That means Atlanta's strong draw for young workers has also boosted its retiree population as their parents follow them. The article profiles a couple who moved to Sun City Peachtree near Griffin (Spalding County) from Florida and another couple who moved to Dunwoody (DeKalb County) from Long Island, NY by way of Florida.