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Originally Posted by graciegirl
You asked about young people living here.
In our small village of 52 homes, there is a daughter and husband in their 20's living with parents part time and I think they are students.
In our first village, Hadley, I didn't know of anyone who had a child living with them up and down the several streets of people with whom we were familiar..
Among all of the friends I have met from TOTV and in real places around The Villages, I have met one other person who had a child who would never be independent living with them as ours is.
I really don't think that there is a LOT of young people, at least in my experience.
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The picture you paint is what we experienced last fall in TV.
In our first neighborhood, there were absolutely no children at all to be seen or heard.
In our second neighborhood, in a different county, DITTO.
Actually, we never saw any children at all in The Villages during October and November..........not even on Halloween, even though we bought goodies to hand out to trick or treaters, should they come.
Knowing the activities our 7 and 10 year old grandchildren participate in (and believe me, they are in a myriad of community, school and church activities, camps, plays , ballet recitals, you name it....sports galore) they would be bored out of their mind living in THE VILLAGES.
That's not to say they wouldn't LOVE spending their school vacations in THE VILLAGES.....yes they would.
Our 18 year old grandaughter would no doubt LOVE LIVING WITH US FOR AWHILE.........but then, like any other young person, would miss her own social life and normal type activities which she would have in a normal town.......which has all ages.
Now , would all the nice quiet neighbors we had while visiting last year really want all these kids around all the time???????
Children have FRIENDS.......teenagers have FRIENDS.......college kids have FRIENDS........they sometimes arrive in noisy cars. They stay up all hours of the night. They leave in their noisy cars. Nuff said.
Our baby grandchildren absolutely would love The Villages. They go to bed the same time we do. Very quiet babies. They nap when we do.
I think they should have a new "village" just for babies.