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Originally Posted by Velvet
I bet you don’t stay up all night drinking and listening to loud music and invite 6 of your best friends to share the accommodations with you - and that is why you are welcome. In general it is so nice to meet people who come from all over, with interesting stories to share. But, about those misfits; I can guarantee that the hostility towards those who will take advantage and abuse the welcoming nature of the Villages will increase as more and more of them come.
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Increase for certain, it's been increasing exponentially for maybe 5 years, unnoticeable at first. Some will disagree, say it's always been a "problem" but we've had seasonal residents for YEARS without any uproar, rather owners or renters. It's the 2008 (?) appearance of a network of short term rentals all over the world that propelled this "problem" for cities, towns, developments... it hit all without a legal structure to support this new "concept". Traditional STATE statures simply did not cover all the possible "situations", "traditional" seasonal rentals were never a problem ... many keep in touch with permanent residents and looked forward to seeing them again. That is definitely not happening with the one and two night people. The two "in and outs" in our neighborhood of homes in the $350K to $750K range, have occupants who never even speak to residents here or make any effort to be even nod or smile when we (neighbors) attempt to greet them. I understand, they just want to jump in their car, or the golf-cart included in the rent, and go. I dislike this, but no not spend a great deal of time ranting about it in social situations since I have no solutions to offer !