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Originally Posted by Bucco
I have lived here about 13 years. Temp lived in Tampa for 3, but even then traveled here many times. I only tell that as a way of introduction....many here longer and shorter.
I have been struck by changes....
We have a thread concerning younger folks moving here (think I saw in 40's in one case). Not speaking of temp residents but homeowners.
We have a thread concerning whether another "retirement" community should have access to The Villages by golf cart.
I have noticed more of a resort attitude than a retirement attitude everywhere in the last few years. This is MY observation that people come here more and more to vacation.
There are rentals everywhere, and those who purchase homes have probably a fifty fifty chance of NEVER living here, just renting their property.
I am not passing any personal judgement,but in conversations many do.
What do folks think who have been here a few years think about all this. I NEVER could have predicted any of the few changes I mentioned years ago.
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Hi Bucco,
It's interesting to hear about how TV has changed from the vantage point of a long-time resident. I've owned in TV only four years and am largely the face of the change you have witnessed. You see, I started life here as a snowflake, coming down as often as I could to savor the resort-like experience. Now that I'm a frog, ... I still savor the resort-like experience. (Then and now, I hasten to add, I treat personal and public property here with the reverence of home. Don't we wish everybody did?)
I see your point though. If I didn't witness these change myself, it's only because I came after they started and was indeed a part of the trend, for better or worse.
For what it's worth, the changes you mentioned were perhaps inevitable. If you live in a resort-like paradise, people who can't live there will want, well... a little slice of paradise. The alternative is to not live in a resort-like paradise. It's true some who come never will. For many of us though, there's no turning back.