I moved here because of how The Villages looked - first and foremost. I saw a community with mowed lawns, beautiful landscaping, clean, the fact that most of the people who live here are retired or near to it and they are nice, that I have a community with rules to keep everything beautiful INSTEAD OF a community with no room to walk on the street or drive a golf cart because the streets are flooded with vehicles, many inappropriate for a neighborhood street, sofas on the front porch, weeds three feet tall in the yards, golf courses, trails, nature areas, and the area in general destroyed because the community is filled with people who don't care about anyone but themselves (me, me, me). Why do I paint such a picture? Go to any major city in the US and that is what you will see in areas that don't have some type of rules and regulations. I don't care how big this place gets. I care about the place I live. I didn't move here to be surrounded by people I don't want to live by, I moved here to be surrounded by people I do want to live by. I hate it when the holier-than-though crowd start shouting we need diversity, we need the rules all changed, we need this and we need that, all in an effort to change the community we all chose to move to. People who moved here could have moved anywhere. If they wanted to go to the squares to eat and shop, they could have lived outside of TV to do that. If people wanted to live next door to people with dogs barking all night long, dirt for their yard, noise, and a mess in general, they could have moved to so many other communities and cities - it didn't have to be here. I worked hard to get where I have gotten and I don't need it destroyed because some people here don't want to follow the rules that have been established to keep our community, for the most part, beautiful, clean, and safe.
We already see where some problematic people live here and/or they bring their problematic adult children with them - those with criminal or mental issues, alcoholism, or drug addiction. You see people complain about them or, on the flip side, think they all need psychiatric/personal help. Yes, people that live here only need to be able to financially afford the home they purchased and at least 80% (if I'm correct) need to be 55+. They don't have to be perfect people - none of us are. But they, we, have to pay our bills and follow the rules.
If we don't want to do those things, we can sell our homes and move. Now is a great market for sellers. Houses aren't on the market long and many times are going for more than asking price. If people find it hard to live here, consider selling your home. Make a big profit on it and move else where. It is easy to do. You will be happier - unless you move to another community with rules that you don't want to follow.
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