The Orlando Sentinel article is based on the same "study" done by 24/7 Wall Street and currently included in the other news site.
Here is the letter sent to the editor there:
"Your recent article by Larry Croom erroneously states that “The Villages boasts highest rate of full-time working poor in the nation.” The table in the report by 24/7 Wall Street and repeated in your article actually shows that The Villages is among the cities with the lowest poverty rates. The Villages has the fifth lowest rate of working poor and the absolute lowest rate of overall poverty in that table."
I trust that as a responsible news organization you will correct your erroneous claim and also retract the vitriol spewed by Mr. Croom. Rather than excoriate The Villages for their success you should laud them. You should recognize that the economic activity spawned by The Villages provides opportunity for both individual employment as well as new small businesses. After all, how else could the area around The Villages achieve the lowest rate of overall poverty in the USA."
IMHO. the 24/7 report is a manipulation of published data by various entities but is not done rigorously so there is no way to get the kind of data and rigorous treatment that is applied by the Census bureau in their annual "American Community Services Report". Try to read a 24/7 Wall Street report and you will likely find yourself in an unending clickbait situation to get information and then end up with no conclusion available.
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