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Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson
I have lived in two foreign countries and many cities with a population much larger than TV.
Never, and I repeat never, have I met and come across more nasty and rude people than I have here.
The phrase that TV is American's friendliest home town is a terrible misnomer!
And regarding marketing . . . well, that's another topic altogether!
I don't know what it is that makes some of these people feel so entitled.
I don't know what it is that makes them so rude as in "me first and screw you." 
Where do they come off treating others like this?
No, it isn't because TV has grown so much.
Do you really think growth has made a difference in their behavior?
Absolutely not! Even in New York City, most people are polite.
I think the developer should pay off duty cops (in uniform) to maintain crowd control at these events. Otherwise, if no one is
taking responsibility for making these deadbeats move, these events shouldn't be held.
A couple of years ago I went to an event at the square at Lake Sumter.
My husband didn't want to go so I went with a friend.
There was one empty chair at the end of a row and a husband and wife were sitting next to this chair.
There also was an empty chair next to the wife.
I politely asked if they would move over one seat so my friend and I could sit together.
You would have thought I four-lettered him, insulted his wife and asked him to do something that took a lot of effort!
To boot, after some not very nice words, his remark to me was to stop bothering him; otherwise he would call the police! 
Since that time I have never gone to another event.
It isn't worth getting my dander up because inevitably, someone would exhibit that type of attitude and I can't tolerate the kind of behavior I've mentioned above.
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Some truth, but you lost credibility at New York City.
The Villages might very well be completely unique, in that so many older people going out and socializing. Truth in the statement that the brain changes.
Elsewhere the sole older person will be given respect and priority by others. In a place where everyone is a senior that can't logically happen. So perhaps ones view, this posters view, is distorted.