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Originally Posted by Michael 61
I’m still a fairly new Villages resident. I took my first vacation since moving here (two week Caribbean cruise). While on the cruise, I proudly told people I had just moved to Florida, and The Villages in particular. Gushed enthusiastically, as I talked about my beautiful new retirement home. Over and over, was met with people questioning my decision, asking if I had done my “homework” ahead of time, and stating that my “honeymoon”will soon wear off. I asked these folks if they had ever visited the Villages - none of them had, but all seemed to have a very strong opinion, mostly negative about The Villages. It became tiresome, having to dispute the false rumors and erroneous stats that they spewed out. It became evident that these strangers did not want me to be happy with my new community and decision I had made. I was frankly taken back that so many people wanted me to feel bad. I guess this is something I will have to get to used to. After awhile, I just told people I was from Central Florida near Orlando, and left it at that. Has anyone else experience this when traveling outside of ‘The Bubble”?
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Since moving to The Villages 2 years ago, my wife and I have visited two resorts for 4 to 5 day stays. We didn't meet anyone that had anything negative to say about The Villages. However, we found that the lovely resorts that we visited weren't nearly as nice as the resort in which we live - The Villages. I suspect that the people that you met that had negative opinions of The Villages saw the ridiculous documentary released a couple of years ago that featured people that were far from the typical Villages that we are acquainted with. The documentary's producers were so desperate to negatively depict The Villages that they even featured a homeless guy living in his van looking for a rich woman to take care of her.