There are some comparisons to living on a military installation and living here in TV.
On military installations around the world at 0600 hours (6:00 A.M.) people are stirred from sleep by the muffled, deep‐throated boom of a cannon and a rousing wake‐up Reveille. As a retired member of the military we don't hear that over here. You have the choice of getting up and being active or staying in bed and relaxing. I am very proud of the patriotism that I see here in The Villages.
You enter a military installation and TV through one of its several, often guarded/manned, gates and you enter a world very different from normal civilian life and community activity. They both represent one of the earliest and most comprehensive examples of planned communities in the United States. On a military installation and here in TV you can work, play, shop, and seek medical assistance and bank in the place where you live.
The incidence rate at both are less than a normal American city and you can still count on your neighbors to get involved should your home or family be threatened by an intruder.
I can truly attest that life on a military installation and here at The Villages have a character and pulse of its own.
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