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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
That's what happened to Sun City in Phoenix -- youngsters "really enjoyed" moving to a place their grandparents saved 50 years to enjoy, because the "55+" rules were legally unenforceable. Now it's just a large suburb, overrun with children, and suffering the same petty crime problems as any neighborhood with growing teenagers.
I really hoped that The Villages was far enough from city employment to avoid that fate, but I see more and more 30-somethings walking their dogs in my neighborhood every year, as well as their tattooed teenagers slinking around in their hoodies with the hood up on an 80-degree day.
Oh well. Nothing lasts forever.
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COVID forced a lot of teenagers and 20 somethings to move in with their parents at The Villages. Also, around the whole country it is difficult for 1st time borrowers to finance a home. And homes have increased in price due in part to increased building costs and strict zoning hurdles. The high costs of College leaves a big part of US society unable to get into the best entry level jobs. Many twenty-somethings are finding that getting skilled jobs to enter the work force is difficult. Some are able to get into military service and get skills. The ones that have "fallen through the cracks" are ending up in places like The Villages.
..........The Villages could PROBABLY help out local society by providing low cost VOCATIONAL training for the teenagers or 20 somethings around here.