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Originally Posted by newgirl
It is a shame that this is the largest retirement community yet have no public transportation for folks that shouldn't drive. I am sure 95% would stop if they had a affordable option( and no, not everyone is wealthy here).
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It sounds like a great idea until you ask who's going to pay for it. I bet half the reason you retired to Florida was for the low taxes. Even New York has to run their public transportation system at a loss, to keep it "affordable". Who pays the difference? New York City tax payers -- which is why nobody can afford to retire in New York City.
Frankly, I didn't move to Florida to spend my retirement savings on taxes for empty buses running around my neighborhood.
We already have a solution -- golf carts. We live in a community designed for old people that has special roads where you can drive a cheap little car that doesn't go over 20 mph and doesn't require a drivers license, for when you get too feeble to manage 3 tons of metal at 70 mph. And the beauty of it is, you don't have to hobble down to the street corner and wait for a bus to pick you up on their schedule.
And when you get even too feeble to handle a golf cart, you will discover that your house has appreciated so much that you can sell it and move into an assisted living center and quit driving altogether.