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Originally Posted by cabo35
Villagers contribute the biggest share of tax dollars that go into Sumter County's tax coffers. Those tax dollars go for schools.....Villagers don't have kids in school...., roads outside of the Villages, public safety resources in "Lake Pan, Bushnell, Webster and other parts of South Sumter." Funny thing....I don't hear of Villagers "carrying a deep resentment" toward locals who benefit from Villager tax dollars. To the contrary, Villagers support local businesses, use local contractors, volunteer and generously donate to local schools and charities.
I concede that if I were a local, I would miss quiet, lazy days fishing at my favorite childhood fishing hole with only my thoughts and the sound of the trade winds slipping through the trees , watching cattle graze or taking in a landscape of watermelon patches and wildlife instead of rooftops and roads. Sumter County is huge. I know there are places within Sumter where those memories still exist.
I don't hear too much resentment from the locals about the favorable economic impact, jobs, medical services, hospitals and financial opportunity for motivated native, "born and raised" who absent The Villages would be looking in Orlando, Tampa or Miami for decent work.
I do know some "locals" and they are wonderful people who do not express the resentment you suggest.
Like you......just saying.
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Maybe you should get out more.
Sorry, but locals OUTSIDE the TV resent this very much. Medical services-read the post here. Local contractors-hand picked and some are already bankrupt(yes, I know them personally)
But none of this have anything to do with tax money subsidizing fun at the square. And people around here think others have an entitlement mentality.....