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Originally Posted by Gulfcoast
People move to over 55 communities to be around others going through the same life stage and to embrace a new phase of life.
You can live in a regular suburb anywhere. But what makes TV special and attractive is being an active, over 55 community with amenities and activities geared towards active retirees.
I would hate to see the squares taken over by kid centered activities/entertainment - Baby Shark, Barney......I did my time with that, I thoroughly enjoyed raising my children but that phase of life is over. I would hate to see the square restaurants/shops catering to a younger crowd with bars staying open late and wild groups of young people partying it up in the street. I would hate to see TV rec centers, golf courses and pools become inundated with kids and young parents. Again, if you want to live in a regular suburb there are tons of options. What makes TV special is that it is geared towards 55+ retirees. Grandchildren visit but they don't live in TV. When kids actually live in a neighborhood, there are basketball goals in driveways, tricycles on the sidewalk, footballs being tossed in front yards (sometimes not very accurately). Bored tweens play the Ding Dong Ditch game, where they ring your doorbell at night and run off. They smash pumpkins in the street on Halloween. Sometimes they vandalize property. Last Sunday we had a group of kids randomly setting off a ton of fireworks late at night.
If we wanted to live in a regular suburb, we wouldn't move to TV.
As far as Middleton goes, I can see how that neighborhood would be good for the young working people in TV. I can't imagine living on an age restricted street with young children or teenagers and no other kids around. I get why that neighborhood is needed.
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None of what you fear is going to happen...
Overwhelm the golf courses? They don't have access to them, since they won;'t be paying the amenity fees...
Do you actually put out pumpkins on Halloween? No? They how would they smash them?
Wild groups of young people partying in the streets?
Me thinks the only thing going wild is your imagination...