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Old 02-09-2009, 05:36 PM
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The real issue is not "average" income in TV vs "Median" income in TV. The real issue is the definition of "in TV." As I and others have stated elsewhere, amongst Villages homeowners (not residents), you have those who are fully retired living on retirement income, interest on investments, SSI, and similar income streams. Add to those, households with those incomes who also work part time for TV or for Lowes or the like. That income isn't great but does skew the numbers. Then you have others who continue to work in their career jobs, either from here or commuting. That income is very significant and will likely be close to double post retirement money. All of the above could/would be full time TV residents.

Then you have the snowflakes and snowbirds who spend varying amounts of time in TV. Many of these have single or dual incomes from career jobs "up north" and those numbers would generally be way higher than the average frog. Yes, their expenses would be greater, but we're ignoring those for this question. when these folks actually retire that income should drop considerably.

So no, I don't think one can accurately determine any meaningful income statistics for TV people. No, contrary too what some believe, we're not all rich. We have some residents subsisting solely on SSI. We have others who have accumulated exceptional retirement portfolios and have very comfortable 6 figure incomes. And we have other owners who maintain successful businesses into their later years and couples who work 9, 10, 11, or more months year ands net really large incomes. And we are all "in TV" as buyers, owners, residents.

So if you are trying to determine these economic demographics for TV, you can't get there from here.
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