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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
Enough about how some reacted to the rats. That was over TWO years ago. We've all written things that we look back on with questions as to why we said that. Let's move on with lessons learned.
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There were rats? You mean, this isn't Stepford? Thank god. I mean that most sincerely.
I'm sorry anyone had trouble with rodents, but I'm glad to know that this place has more than one perfect dimension. When I first heard about The Villages, and even during my first visit here, the images that came to mind were Logan's Run, 1984, and the Stepford Wives.
The idea of some artificial Utopia where people were forced, convinced, brainwashed, or otherwise manipulated into believing they had reached nirvana, when in fact there were vile things at work beneath the facade.
My second visit, which was last week, was more encouraging. Not because everyone is happy (I already knew that, THAT is what worried me so much) but because it wasn't perfect. Because it has flaws - nooks and crannies, imperfections that make the beauty even more beautiful. Because it's three dimensional. It has shadows that allow the brilliance to shimmer.
It's these nuances, these "less than perfect unpleasantries" that make a "development" a "community." If it was truly perfect, I would absolutely not want to live here. And this is what turned me off, and terrified me against living in the Villages. It's only upon my second visit, and reading the forums here, that I can reconsider my opinion.
There -is- imperfection. There ARE people who don't like this or that rule, who have problems with this or that policy, who think this or that decision shouldn't be made, and yes, even rats running around neighborhoods and patches of dead grass. These are what makes a place a HOME, rather than just a development.