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Originally Posted by graciegirl

The first populated areas in The Villages probably has the most older inhabitants. Many of us have no idea why we got older and would rather stay home and eat and many don't play golf as much and many either drink a lot more or have quit.

I think that the developers are doing what they can with their form of "urban renewal" by buying well priced modular homes in the historic areas, removing them and then building site built homes on their lot and selling them for reasonable prices.

I don't think anyone can stop the march of time and changes but I believe that The Villages is the least touched by urban dinge that comes with time. We seem to have attracted a lot of people who enjoy and take pride in their homes and yards and either personally see to it that it stays nice or hires someone to keep it nice.

The Country Clubs and restaurants, owned and rented out by the developers must depend on patrons to spend their money. Some restaurants aren't very well patronized for a lot of reasons and that is how the free market works. It is a tough business to maintain a restaurant with three months of high population and nine months of far less population. What do you do with staff in the off season?

Not an easy dilemma for all of Florida's restaurants and made worse by the justifiable fear brought by the pandemic.

I have watched as restaurants changed renters and some are not as good as they once were and many are run by just a couple of owners. I don't know, but we as a group are careful critics of food.

I really like the well thought out post above, and totally agree. I only in last two or three years was going to Katie Belles. I loved the ambiance there, and saw another post that Suggested that Hacianda Hills could be rebuilt as a Katie Belles. Wouldn’t that be fun!
Wishful thinking. I think that HHCC was unique and we did bring guests to their pool and patio bar. Had a few good meals there when we first moved here in 2011. But in my opinion the restaurant went downhill really fast after that. If my memory serves me...I think that the staff at the CC won a Florida lottery a few years B4 we arrived here. Can anyone verify that?