[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Laker14

Nope. No false sense of security for me. I well understand that anyone can pass through the gate.

Wrong again. Knowing the arm is coming down in between cars allows a waiting cart to get at least half-way across. That's all the cart needs, is half-way once, half-way twice, and it's through the intersection. It works, over and over again. If you can't see that it's because you don't drive a cart every day.

As far as breaking down the cost to $23 per year per person being "laughingly ridiculous", I used twoplanekid's numbers from the District website, using his higher estimate of $3Million per year and divided it by the population of TV which I understand to be in excess of 130,000.

When I divide 3Million by 130,000 I get 23. Do you have different numbers you can support, or does your calculator come up with a different number?

YOU may understand that anyone can enter any village, however, if you read what I wrote (duh) potential buyers do NOT know that; they are led to believe that TV is a gated community.

YOU may think getting halfway across the entrances works but if you watch the golf carts, most don't do that. They would have to be pressing the pedal to the metal because they really do not have a lot of time when the cars are backed up to enter a community. I have driven a cart for enough years to know exactly how the gates, etc. work.

It IS laughingly ridiculous that you even attempt to break down the cost to a per person amount. Not only ridiculous but downright dumb. Regardless of what the figure actually IS -- that's a helluva lot of money, and not money well spent.