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Old 02-04-2019, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazuela View Post
Your kids and grandkids will though. Remember - this is an active senior community with VERY little housing for younger folks. If you take up too much real estate, there won't be need for public schools there. Not enough kids to warrant them. And people working minimum wage jobs won't be driving an hour to the local supermarket to stock shelves. Only seniors living in the community will be available. How many of you can lift 30-pound boxes for a 5-hour shift 3-5 days per week?

And all those waiter and waitress and bartender jobs at all those restaurants you all love going to. I hope you are AMAZING tippers, because if the community spreads too far, no one living on the outskirts will want to drive in to work for sub-minimum plus tips during midweek.

But hey it won't affect you personally, so you don't have to care about it right? Let your kids and grandkids bear the burden, it'll be their problem.

Or - you can remind the developers that this is supposed to be a *community* and not a *municipality.* That's what you paid for, and that's what you're entitled to. You can speak with your votes when the board convenes to elect new board members.
The way things are going in this world, most of the menial work in society will be done by robots and drones in the not too distant future. Very scary, the driverless cars are already here.