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Originally Posted by gerryann
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.......It's funny how this "testing" of valet service, can bring out such nastiness in folks that would never use it anyway. BUT....it can be a Godsend to folks that have been unable to go to the squares due to an inability to walk.
Age and maturity should bring understanding and empathy.....but here in The Villages, it seems to work in reverse. Sad
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It brings out such nastiness because a certain faction of residents decry how TV develops and builds for customers coming with money, not "the poor", and it's one more way to vilify the developers. The do-gooders for "the poor" seem to think valet parking is expensive and only for "lifestyles of the rich and famous".
But valet parking really is a
practical and affordable solution for anyone who:
- cannot walk far;
- has to get out and push the spouse in a wheelchair and
cannot just dump him/her or some grandchildren at the curb while they go and park out in the back lots, and then hoof it back to the spouse;
- wisely thinks about
personal safety, and is maybe a single woman who does not feel safe walking to her car in the dark, thru the huge parking lots behind the stores/restaurants;
- does not want to get soaking wet from walking in the rain from far away parking, 15 minutes after they got showered and dressed up and fixed their hair for a night out, and they don't want to sit like a wet dog in a theater or restaurant;
- many other practical reasons.