Yes, Granny, I can certainly see how the locals might have a different take. It supplies jobs, but I'm guessing most of those aren't particularly well paying. Service jobs never are. I said this once a long time ago, but during our visit something really struck home with me.
When you're in TV it is just beautiful, outstanding. But you can travel two blocks off the property in many directions and it looks like 1950s backwood Florida, with run down buildings, cars up on blocks and weeds growing up.
That really kind of surprised me but when I thought about it, I shouldn't have been surprised.
The developer and Mr. Schwartz took a truly undeveloped part of the world and turned it into something special. You couldn't possibly do this near the ocean, land would just be too expensive.
Granny, I'd like to ask you something. With living here all these years, are you glad to be here? We've talked before on this site about the number of people who simply won't tolerate any comments that are seen as negative. And of course the few people that say things like, "bless the Morse family for all they've done" as if they were missonaries rather than sharp, very lucky business people.
What is your take? Feel free to send a PM if you like. I'd really like your take.
Thanks,
Dave
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