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Originally Posted by lmrk32
I have visited the Villages and have been considering retiring there so I have been following the posts closely now just to get a feel for mind set of this community.
I must ask....why is everyone so nasty? Why do people feel so entitled to attack others who dare to have a different opinion? It is fine to disagree, as we all have a right to state our opinion, but why must it be in such a vicious way?
It is such a turn-off.
I am a born and bred NYer so I am fluent in sarcasm but this degree of nastiness is offensive even to me.
I am interested in the new apartments because I am a woman alone and do not want the trouble of keeping up a house.
I am not white trash. I have an advanced degree from an Ivy League school.
I have a healthy income and retirement fund.
So, I might actually be an asset to your community.....I will not bring you down just because I live in an apartment.
But if I am going to be made to feel like crap simply because I chose to live in an apartment....I really don't need that! I will be retired. I want to enjoy!!!! Not listen to bitterness and prejudice.
So, if any of you now want to make a snarky remark because "I have an advanced degree from an Ivy League school" or because "I am a woman alone" or because of anything else you would like to pick out of this post and ridicule, just save it.....I am not interested in such ignorance.
You are in a playland. Go out and enjoy instead of sitting home and ruminating over trivial things and then spewing venom
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I understand and share your observations.... somewhat. But, I have been here for many years (was still working at the time and since I was considering building a house here, I rented and that convinced me to buy at lot and build. Things have changed over the years, but, be aware.... a LOT of the people who post here use some shocking terms and sometimes I think that it is a "hobby" for them. Of course we have lost a great deal of that "little home town feeling", and the virus, together with the most controversial political atmosphere I have EVER experienced in all these years, have done a lot to destroy the atmosphere we enjoyed for so many years. Also, having a single family actually "owning" a town, a community, is not always a good thing. There is no mayor, no councilmen, and as the population becomes more diverse, you are going to see things on this that you would never had seen years ago. When TOTV began, it was a way we all HELPED each other by sharing really valuable info. But, again, things change, the website itself changed, became very commercial, you'll begin to recognize those who enjoy name calling, or just stirring controversy, as well as those genuinely concerned about the kinds of things that are indeed causing a lack of life quality but producing a much greater profit. The Virus has also made a huge difference. While some in my neighborhood have really pulled together to support each other, check on each other, encourage each other, others have shockingly seemed to be self appointed "virus police" , or trolls as some call them. Also the attitudes of some, certainly not all, have become either very fearful for their personal safety and health, or, very suspicious of others. It's not a pretty picture, but, know that while there are some VERY nasty things on here, the people who dominate that are definitely in the minority... and pretty much tend to be the ones whose whole life is posting on TOTV... don't read too much into it, but yes, it does exist to a much greater degree than it once did.