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Originally Posted by jbdlfan
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.....
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Sometimes I think that people who do NOT live here jump to conclusions about all people who live here. There are some very wealthy people who do and others have saved, scrimped, done without, and made sacrifices to assure that in their retirement years they would be financially secure. It hurts me that some folks assume that all or most people who live in TV were born with a silver spoon in their mouths.
This grant issue is not as simplistic as you are making it jbdfan. The grant has not been granted. Grants are VERY hard to get.
I do say that the development of The Villages has turned Sumter county from one of the poorer counties into the one with the highest employment rate. That is a good thing.
It is UGLY to look down on people who are poor and UGLY to look down on people who have managed to live their life in such a way as to attain the privilege of living here. It is NOT a sin to be wealthy if you didn't steal to get it and worked hard to earn it and didn't throw it away when you did earn it.
Some folks who live here are arrogant and demanding and selfish, but I think they are the minority. It hurts all of us who live here to read that others are incorrectly judging all of us.