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Old 09-14-2023, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
I think that attitude reflects poorly on the Villages and I hope I don't meet anyone that truly feels that way.

I do look forward to the absence of crowds in the restaurants and squares but I actually think the snowbirds leaving makes things worse. I almost wish the snowbirds would stay for three reasons: 1. some of them are friends and I miss them; 2. with a more stable number of customers, restaurants could ramp up to meet the needs; and 3. if the snowbirds were permanent then the "newness" of being back would wear off and there wouldn't be the rush to get back to the squares and restaurants.
In my opinion all very valid points and wishing there were fewer snowbirds and more permanent residents for the reasonable reasons you stated does express a little bit of a negative bias (or maybe better termed - pference) against snowbirds, but not in an unfriendly way. I don't think any snowbird should take offense to that. And I hope more people begin to express their feelings in that type of way.