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Originally Posted by Mack184

Actually it's much truer that either of you think, or want to think.

Why do you ask? OK..you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyway. I've spent decades in the radio business and over the years I have become very skilled at reading monthly & quarterly radio ratings reports. Radio & TV ratings and other polling services use the same method to obtain their results. They sample a small cross-section of a particular universe and then project the responses against the whole of that particular universe. (city, state, nation)For example in our recent election..Most polling companies said that the race would be very close. (It was.) They also said that Pres. Obama would get a 2nd term. (He did.) There were a couple polls that were way out in either direction but they were ultimately discounted and found to be incorrect. Like most things, the answer is found somewhere in the middle.
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mack184 - your post makes it sound as if you should have spent as much time developing your reading people skills as you did your skills of reading ratings reports! can't be sure from your ragging on the people of the villages whether you ever truly developed the analytical skills of evaluating what you read/experience.

be that as it may, you do admit that an answer to polls and outlyer polls lies somewhere in the middle. i venture to say that it must be a good thing that your description of residents and the kool-aid description of residents leaves the answer re the true feelings of villages residents to lie somewhere in the middle of those two categories.

i'm sorry that you sound so unhappy with the villages and that you are only waiting on the passing of family...that cannot add to the quality of life that one can potentially enjoy. i hope there are happier days in your future.

your posts are always poignant and appreciated and always support the concept of agreeing to disagree - and that's a good thing!