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This is not an issue of being "deceived" by TV. Nor is it an issue of golf versus fitness - we can clearly have both. Right now there is a huge imbalance in favor of golf and a paucity of fitness centers. By looking at just the spare change in the amenity budget it would be easy to significantly improve the number of fitness facilities. Don't forget that TV doesn't just advertise on the golf channel and there are a lot of TV residents who chose to live here despite the golf and not because of it.

I think the point of this discussion is that it just makes good business sense to add more fitness facilities. As was pointed out, there are some people who will choose not to buy here because of its deficiency in this manner. This will likely become more of an issue as more baby boomers come into the market. This means fewer dollars in the developer's pockets and also fewer dollars in home owner's pockets if they decide to sell. If I were the developer, I would add fitness facilities to every future rec center (or at least every two) to improve the attractiveness of my product. Speaking for myself, the proximity to the Colony Cottage fitness center was a very large part in our decision as to where to buy.

Besides, do the dedicated golfers really want to play behind a group of duffers who are only playing because they are trying to get their money's worth from their amenity fees? Wouldn't you rather see them sweating their butts off on a treadmill or pretending to be Arnold Schwarzenegger on the weight machines?