[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Laker14

Well, what they market is almost just fun! fun! fun!...lots of big smiles. Putts always fall in the hole. Dancing! Pool volleyball! Do you think they are going to show pictures of me sitting at my desk with my glasses on my forehead paying my bills? That's real life. They are selling an idealized version.
I think it's safe to assume that we're all old enough to know that what we see in commercials isn't reality. Even if I buy that Lincoln Continental, my wife will not look like the lady in the car, I will not be handsome, and my house won't look like that house that the car is parking in front of. If I drink a can of Pepsi, my mood will not be instantly transformed into euphoric bliss.

We are responsible for filtering the reality from the idealized fluff, and old enough and wise enough that we should be able to do that. Yet nowhere in the idealistic fuzz of The Villages marketing media do I see public transportation for shut-ins, or in-home assistance for the infirm.

However, if your parents,aunt and uncle knew Harold Schwartz personally, I'd take that as a guarantee that those things will all be taken care of by The Villages.

I think you are right, at least I hope so. (My uncle knew Harold Schwartz from a previously life, it was Mr. Shwartz who invited my uncle and aunt to live here. They never regretted it.) This place has an honorable history and may it continue.