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Originally Posted by Velvet
‘How long we are in each stage varies of course, but here's the take-home point:The Villages isn't designed, built, nor marketed as a place appropriate for all stages. If you need public transportation, it's not for you. Rather than constantly be unhappy about the fact that it doesn't have that, you should find a place more suitable. Those places exist. It is not here.’
People who buy homes in TV at least in the past did not buy a part-time home. They meant to be ‘frogs’ to live and die here as my uncle and aunt did. Are you saying that people who want to grow old here should not buy a house in TV? Or they should include another move in late stage of their lives when they can’t drive but are otherwise able and do not need assisted living? You realize how difficult that is for people to say in their 80’s to leave their friends who may now have become their “family” for a new city or place where they may know no one? Would it really be that impossible to consider their needs in future developments in TV?
Or, are you suggesting that TV really is nothing but a theme park, come and “rent” ie buy a house here, play while you can, then get the hell out? I can guarantee you that that was not the original vision of The Villages when it was established.
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Good post. It is true that "nothing is perfect". But, the human spirit SEEKS perfection. There is nothing wrong with pointing out imperfections in The Villages and The Village's system and lifestyle. Furthermore, saying that at some point in their life, senior residents should just "pack up and leave" to some more appropriate location - seems to be a BIG contradiction to the "America's Friendliest Hometown" image.
.........So, IS the Friendly Hometown the TRUTH or is it just a real estate salesperson's gimmick to entice retirees here? If it IS the latter and all old people here are supposed to be clever enough to know when they MUST pack up and leave.........I have to find that deeply SAD.
.........And it does NOT square with a whole lifetime of being told how GREAT it is to buy into the AMERICAN DREAM.
...........Should all old people just volunteer to join some Army to be used as cannon fodder in their last days?
..........I would suggest that instead of residents telling OLDER residents to pack up and leave - maybe it would be better to take a good product like The Villages and make it BETTER by doing small adjustments for the older residents.............like maybe providing MASS TRANSIT !!!!!!!
........Personally, I would prefer the cost of establishing mass transit and other improvements as needed for the aging population to the WASTERFUL cost of planting and then unplanting all those pretty FLOWERS on every roundup and other locations.
..........Pretty FLOWERS are nice in someone's backyard as their hobby. But, pretty FLOWERS throughout The Villages are for LOOKS and aesthetics, while MASS TRANSIT is a functional necessity for OLDER residents that do NOT drive to be able to get to Doctor's appointments.
...........So, if BOTH can NOT be accomplished and the choices are between pretty FLOWERS and the reality of functional TRANSPORTATION, I know that I would VOTE for the FUNCTIONAL, PRACTICAL OPTION !!!!!!