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Originally Posted by OutsiderWithInterest
Thanks Bogie. I am still considering it and have been for over a year. I don't have the specific rules in front of me either, but I have been told that Bison Valley owners can do some things but not others.
By reading these boards though, one senses an undercurrent of unhappiness in some Villagers. Yes, I realize that no community is perfect, and it's a very small percentage, but it will probably be enough to keep me away in the end. I am used to living in A-1 surroundings where the "rules" fit on a single page. Before that I lived in a neighborhood with pretty loose restrictions, and it was nice. The more I learn about the Villages though, the more uncomfortable I become. It's not the restrictions that bother me so much as it is the volume of the self-appointed "cops" that trouble me. The last thing I want to do is keep an attorney on retainer to explain to me what I can and cannot do with my life.
Back to the specific issue of pools and rec centers, it is my understanding that, by law, it is impossible to keep the general public out of these facilities, that is, non-amenity paying people. I forgot the specifics, but I do remember it having to do with public access, highways, or some such thing.
I will say this to everyone though: If I could do it all over again, I would have become a lawyer. A person could make a killing in the Villages. Where there's a perpetual stack of rules and money flowing, there is ripe opportunity to skim a percentage off the top.
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I find it hard to believe that your information is on track. Would you have us believe that with all the lawyers in the area, practicing and former, that none of them would have already taken this to court?
You say you live where there are "rules". Is it ok for those not living there to come in and do as they please while you are bound by the rules?
We are not self-appointed cops, as you put it. I just don't like the idea of paying for something and then becoming unable to use what I pay for because others want something for free or very little cost to themselves. I am not unhappy; quite the contrary. I would just like to be able to stay that way and always have access to that for which I pay and am quite willing to do.