I think of the villages as democratic socialism in action.

In this community I can play on any of the courses. The execs are free. I get to use any of the rec centers and join a 1,000 different clubs for about $10 a year. I can go to the fanciest restaurant and my friend can have a $100 check and I can have a $10 check and tip $3 and no one will think less of me because I only felt like a salad that day. It's so equal down here that I had "golf only" friends for 6 months and when we went to each others house, it turned out they must be worth 10 times more than me. I'm not jealous. But the truth is I couldn't afford their retirement home in another community and we would have never met. That would be a shame.

Down here unless someone is jingling gold all over or wears a Rolex [I guess I don't know what one looks like] you can't tell by how they dress what they are worth. You can always buy used fancy clothes at the Good Will. And who needs an expensive haircut when you are bald?

This post might upset some. But tell me if it isn't true. I have never been more equal with the have's and the have-nots then in the villages.