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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I took issue when Jazuela used the term "entitled horse plucky".
What I was trying to say to Jazuela is that she doesn't even live here yet and she hasn't yet had more than a month of "boots on the ground" ability to accurately access this situation here in The Villages. The Villages is unique in that most people who live here do not care how much or how little money a person has or what anyone did in a past life. Most people who live here came from what today would be called "poor" and most of them could not afford to educate themselves past high school, so that MOST of the people arrived in this lovely place with experience of living carefully, many working long hours and two jobs and saving small amounts and investing wisely in real estate they probably lived in. I think they would be amused to be described as entitled, although many have achieved great things and some huge fortunes. That is what I am trying to say. I see your term "entitled" and raise you the term 'successful, formerly poor people.'
My argument is that this place will continue to grow as it has done, where residents buy from businesses staffed by people who come here to find work and the market will dictate the terms. Pay here is lower than it is on both coasts and the cost of living is too.
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What is your source of information regarding your comment or is this just your opinion based only upon what you think and nothing factual?
I have found just the opposite in those whom I have met. They are well educated and while they may not have grown up in this world with wealth, most of them were definitely low middle to middle class and far from anything that could be considered poor.
Those who live here are no different or unique than people in any other town or community. I'm sure we have our handful of those who are entitled as sure as I am that there are probably some who have worked their way up out of poverty.
Just because someone lives here doesn't mean they can "accurately" assess a situation any better than someone else. In the case of Jazuela, she is pretty hip regarding things here judging from her many comments on many different subjects. While I do not necessarily always agree with her, I find most of her opinions and comments to not be off-the-wall or exaggerated.