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Old 08-05-2021, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by seetshaw View Post
It is the same Villages, only bigger and much more. What is different are the people and their attitudes towards others, especially others who look, think or believe differently than they do. 20 years ago we smiled, or even waved to folks as we motored by. There wasn’t the nastiness we have now.
20 years ago the Villages looked and felt more like villages. Now it's more like a sprawling suburb. Suburbanites tend to not have the same attitude toward people living in adjacent neighborhoods that they have toward people living in their own neighborhood.

That's what happens when you divide people. They ultimately grow apart.