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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

One would think - that SO MANY of us in The Villages come from "UP NORTH" - that there'd be a pretty significant interest in diverse food types, and state specialties. People who lived in Illinois and surrounding states would appreciate a Chicago Dog and deep dish pizza. There are thousands of people in the Villages who come from Illinois and surrounding states. People who grew up and lived in New England and New York (which is an honorary New England state, if not technically) would know and appreciate real maple syrup on pancakes, thin-crust wood-fired pizza with charred crust-bubbles, and hot wings actually called Buffalo Wings. There are thousands of people living in The Villages from New England, New York, and surrounding states that would have experienced these things and enjoyed them.

People from the New England/New York states and the west coast, California, Oregon, and Washington State, would ALL know and appreciate and pay for healthy wholesome foods made with fresh fruits and vegetables - not "fake meat analogues" with overprocessed sauces but instead, "genuine bean burgers" and falafels and rich hearty vegetable stews.

People from both coasts also love cultural diversity. There are only two taquerias within this 70-square-mile parcel of land. That's really sad. There is NO Indian restaurant at all. There is NO middle-eastern restaurant at all. MOST people in the Villages come from the combination of the west and east coast of the country. And MOST of them have experienced cultural diversity in their foods. You'd think the Villages would want to cater to that, and welcome that. But no. They prefer vanilla and white bread. They prefer the same conformity in food preferences as they do in landscape design.

Rather than embrace the differences that make us all so interesting, they'd prefer to homogenize us and make us all the same.

OK……..been lots of new types restaurants open around villages and lots have closed. As far as white bread I like Sara Lee and clover valley.. wonder bread IMO stale as McDonald’s buns. No wonder…