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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I don't... I thought...
I don't...I no longer... I was never...
I don't worry...I am sure [and some stuff that has nothing to do with the Villages at all]
I love... I love... I like... I love... I love ...
But most of all I love ...
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Your opinion of the OP's post is duly noted. What is your answer to the OP's question?
Here's my answer - and as a reminder, here's the question:
What has changed since you moved in?
The angrier people seem to have been given permission to express their anger more, usually by way of bumper stickers, torn upside down flags, signs on their windows and golf carts, threats of violence, actual violence, people yelling at each other, and so on. In short - the "friendliest" hometown doesn't seem any friendlier than the town I moved from, which was more of a "neutral" not friendly, but not unfriendly either.
The oldest folks who've died, have passed their homes to their kids, who seem disinterested in caring for the properties they've inherited. Or they've moved in, even though they're not old enough to qualify as 55+. So the 55+ are being replaced by 54- - and they can, because they inherited the property and didn't have to buy it.
A country club has been torn down. There seem to be more people overall who visit Sumter Landing town square area, and LOTS more traffic even during the off-season. Great for business, not so great for people who want to avoid car accidents, according to police reports. I'm sure the hospital, urgent care centers, auto collision and body-shop centers, and various doctors in the area are enjoying the added revenue.
A restaurant that didn't thrill me was replaced by another high-end restaurant, which seems to be superior quality. Another restaurant opened in Spanish Springs that focuses on fresh southern farm-to-table foods (Farmshed Diner). Neither of these are "chain" restaurants, and that's awesome!
Supermarkets have implemented routine sanitizing procedures that I hope they'll continue, because a clean store is good for business, even when there is no pandemic.
A couple of roads received much-needed repaving; mostly courtesy of the three counties our community resides in. Our road, sadly, has not received the repaving and some of it is starting to show obvious crumbling in spots.
Our trash pick-up no longer requires recycling, since we're on a waste-to-energy system now. I consider that a huge bonus to our community even though this isn't a Villages decision, it's a Lake County decision.
Another change - the Villages development changed their mind again and chose to build south of 44.
Also, there are a few new golf cart bridges. The one going into Chitty-Chatty is really neat, and walkable.
A hopeful change: they started painting the facade of the Rialto Theatre in Spanish Springs in the past month or so. That means maybe they're going to finally finish the renovations and take down that horrible exterior construction wall that's been there since the year -before- the Pandemic.