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Old 03-04-2022, 10:25 AM
Cheryl Barrios Cheryl Barrios is offline
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Read the article and found that the author is like so many people who complain - too many white people, too many Republicans, too many drunks, not diverse enough. He sprinkles in people are nice and friendly, but is quick to add they'll give you the finger. I don't know the purpose of the article at all. I moved here for a reason. If everything here was the same as my old "home", I wouldn't have left everything and everyone and moved. It has what I want and I love it. When someone thinks they have the right to tell me where I should live and who I should live by, I get angry. If you live here and don't like the community makeup, go live where you want, in a place that has what you want. If I don't want to live by you, I won't buy a home there. If you don't want to live by me or people like me, don't buy a home here. If you want more diversity, go somewhere else. If you want kids surrounding you, go somewhere else. If you want to look at sofas in your front yard or cars up on cement bricks, there are lots of places to go. This is a 55+ community full of people who want to live the life we live, not an experiment in anything goes. Oh, and thanks for the compliment on our yards and the landscaping in The Villages.