"Where to Retire" Magazine and The Villages - hmmmm...
I've subscribed to "Where to Retire" magazine for over a couple of years now and I've noticed something that seems a bit strange.
The Villages is rarely mentioned. This first came to my attention when one issue a while back reviewed planned retirement communities. I don't know that The Villages was even mentioned. One of Vacation Publications (parent company) books, "America's 100 Best Places to Retire" (Third edition published in 2003) doesn't even mention TV. Another, "Where to Retire in Florida" published in 1999, gave TV high marks but gave Sun City (in Hillsboro County near Tampa) top honours. This seemed strange at the time because Sun City was built out at a population of 14,000, 20% of TV's current population.
Back to the magazine. There are no TV ads. No TV articles or reviews. There are probably a dozen Sun City ads. These ads appear to give the edge to the advertisers in other Vacation Publications books. Given the magnitude, sales volume, and quality of TV, this appears to me to be a deliberate and blatant snub - retribution for lack of advertising. - and a big black mark against the credibility of that publisher.
Has anyone else noticed this? Your thoughts?
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Brockton, MA 1946-49 * Fort Lauderdale 1950-66 * Northern Virginia (Army) 1967-69 * North Lauderdale 1970-72 * Coconut Creek 1973-87 * St. Louis 1988-89 # Northern Virginia (again) 1990-2000 * Destin, FL 2001-08 * The Villages - Amelia/Hadley
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