Gracie, you've always been the voice of reason on TOTV. Yes, you defend TV....but nothing wrong with that. As far as the boil water thread, I didn't see it, so can't comment on that.
However....one thing that has really bothered me for probably the last 6/8 months....TOTV is changing drastically. (So is the Villages Facebook page). I believe this change is due to all of the new folks that have moved here. TV has gotten way too big!!! It's not a "big city" atmosphere yet....but heading that way. Folks are retiring way earlier than years ago and moving here at a much younger age. The generation gap is very relevant and growing larger.
A friend of mine from Wisconsin came here recently for the lifestyle visit. She and her husband are in their mid 60's. They loved it here, but won't be moving here as they had planned. Here are a few reasons. The STD story. I know it's a bunch of hooey....but they had the actual report...and it was impossible for me to repute. She asked someone here for a good place to get her hair cut. The reply was ......" Go to .......,and ask her for the just F........d look" It's what all the ladies here wear. She went shopping while her husband sat on a bench outside.....four 50/60 yr old gals approached him and "while your waiting for your wife, my friend here gives a great ........job, and cheap".
Well, my friend went back to Wisconsin and now feels that TV is the sex capital of the world. That's what she's telling everyone. The only way I can legitimately defend it is telling anyone that asks that I've NEVER seen anything like this, but with 120,000 people, I'm sure things like this happen. I'm not a night person and I don't have a clue what goes on late into the night.
I guess all I'm saying Grace, is that things are changing fast and you will have a harder and harder time defending this huge community. I'm done with defending TV.
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