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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl

Good point, Russ. As a matter of fact, one of the things we like most about The Villages as compared to other retirement communities is the variety.

Although I haven't lived in them, appears to me that many other retirement communities, particularly when they are built around a (single) golf course with 1 clubhouse/restaurant/rec center, are kind of like belonging to a country club.

Everyone knows, and some care, what job position you retired from, how much you made, what co. you owned, etc. I'm sure they're not all like this, but that's my perception. Maybe I'm wrong.

After 4 years of owning and visiting in The Villages, and talking to a lot of people I meet while golfing, at the pool, etc., seems to me that the major focus here is what activities you like to do, new restaurants, golf carts, new anything in the immediate vicinity of The Villages. I just get a different feeling here - and I think those who care about such status things aren't usually attracted to The Villages anyway - they might be looking for a more homogeneous community of only upscale homes and incomes.

I'm sure this doesn't apply to EVERYONE in TV, but at least the majority seem not to care, or even very interested, in what you USED to do or how much money you appear to have. Pretty refreshing.

Well said. People that live here or any other retirement community have worked to achieve that goal. Doesn't matter what you did in your life before moving here, here, everyone has the same standing in TV society. People have just taken different routes and had different adventures on their way to retirement in The Villages.