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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Sounds like we will not know anything definite until the upgrade is complete and someone actually tries it out. My guess is that some of us will never notice a difference, while others have problems or complaints. Business as usual.
Meanwhile, many of the gates we are worried about opening are broken and are not being repaired in a timely manner, leading not just to inconvenience, but to potentially danger to life and limb.
Me thinks the "gate people" may have their priorities out of order.
Oh, well, I only live here. I am not in charge.
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All gates will either automatically open upon EXIT, or have already been removed (during storm risks). You don't need a gate card OR a red button to push, to get OUT of any Villages neighborhood.
To get IN most of them, you only need to push a red button. There are only a couple of exclusive neighborhoods that have their own exclusive gates with exclusive access, and no red button, and no one else's gate card will work to open them. That's Hickory Hammock and one off Buena Vista, past El Camino Real on the way up to Lopez CC. There might be a third somewhere. It doesn't matter though, they are a few dozen total properties out of over 60,000 properties that are accessed by simply pushing a red button.
Unfortunately, there are people who choose not to pay attention to stop signs, look for gates at gate areas, notice that day-glo reflective tape, paint, and plastic things that you can't miss unless you're too busy yapping on your cell phone to notice.
They break the gates. They shouldn't be allowed to drive at all, but idiots will idiot. They'll run you over after they break the gate down. They don't care, because they're not looking for you.