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Old 04-11-2008, 10:16 PM
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Default Re: What is there to know about the "Developers?" Haven't heard much good.

Tacky is totally a personal taste thing. The decor in the local rec centers is generally very understated. They're all somewhat unique, but are designed more for functionality, i.e., meetings, billiards, cards, small-scale food. The bigger places are more elaborate and each has a fairly unique motif. Of the new ones, Miona is very nautical while Colony Cottage is, uh, well, mmm, kinda like a Cracker Barrel designer went nuts. Okay, unfair. I've only seen the place twice. The decor is foo foo in the extreme, lots of lacy stuff, but once you get over the saccharine rush, it's really neat. I actually like it a lot, though I would hate to be responsible for keeping it clean. And I love the long stairway to the faux second floor. (I will be directing someone up those stairs to a meeting in the 2nd floor conference room, but then y'all know I can be a jerk.)

Like the decor in each Country Club is unique and appeals to different people, the same can be said of the Rec Centers and, for that matter, the town squares. And none may appeal to some people. That's fine. If someone finds the decor tacky, the developer snobbish and off-putting, the governmental structure less than they desire, the golf courses and bowling alleys too crowded, the restaurants inferior and/or overpriced, the covenants too restrictive, or the construction too inferior, the highway they came in on has two lanes. TV is not for everyone and thank God we live in a society that allows us the choice.
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