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Originally Posted by Pturner
Villages PL,
No, I don't see it as a conflict that restaurants rent space from the developer and that the developer gave USF the opportunity to conduct this study.
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I kind of thought people would read something into what I said that I didn't actually say. I never mentioned the developer specifically, although, he is a big part of The Villages. I talked about the goal of "The Villages" being to promote and sell fast food. Yes, from the very beginning, the developer had a vision of what would be needed to build a successful, thriving community. And he was exactly right. That's what we have, a successful thriving community. But we're not healthier than any other community. I would think we are about the same. And that means we suffer from very high rates of degenerative diseases.
So, to get back to what I was saying: By "Villages" I mean not only the developer but everything that has been put in place thus far:
The infrastructure. You can't undo it. McDonald's is going to be McDonald's, Wendy's is going to be Wendy's and Burger King is going to be Burger King, just to name a few. There are all the many supermarkets that advertise and sell more processed foods than anything else. The infrastructure is all firmly inplace and it's not going to change. We're not going to stop having parades, are we? No, and people will line up in a long long line for sausage grinders, right? What's a parade without the food? We're not going to stop having ice cream socials, are we? Who wants to play bingo without ice cream? Gotta have it. What about the barbeque competitions? Gotta have that too. How about the fund raising spagetti dinners? And how about the fund raising pancake breakfasts? I think you get the idea by now.
We want to have our cake and eat it too. No one has thought about the need to make any sacrifices. So this health study is going nowhere.
I need to cut this off for now. More later.
