Mack184 your comments should generate pages of comment and rebuttle. However you did strike on a few chords of truth. The basic one is, that we are a group of 85,000 plus people of different backgrounds, interests and personalities. There are going to be differences, just as there in real life outside The Villages' bubble. The same traits are all over, but maybe they become more concentrated within the smaller physical space that defines TV and the fact that most everyone now has "24 - 7" to view and become concerned about all the little petty things they were too busy or away from location to really worry about when they were in "real life", and there are probably a few people who want to be bigger frogs in our small pond. No matter where we are or in what we participate, we have to keep an open perspective on others' needs, wants, and concerns. Tolerance and compromise are necessary where ever and whenever.
Maybe one of the big mistakes people make about TV is that it will be paradise as defined in THEIR OWN eyes. It is not, it is still a community made up of all different people. And, it even has some of its own rules. TV has much going for it and alot of benefits and features that make it attractive to many of us, but it is not a PERFECT paradise. Maybe the misconception is the fault of the marketing department.
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