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Originally Posted by bmarlo767
I agree!!
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Great minds think alike. Kidding aside, when I really think about it, there are plenty of beautiful states in this great United States of ours that are deemed as tourist destinations.........any smart marketing person involved in tourism or real estate does not exclude but tries to include visitors, no matter what their mode of transportation. The end result is more revenue for that particular place.
When we were teenagers and would head to the Jersey Shore on Sunday mornings, there was always traffic.......coming back north in the evening was even worse......hence the Garden State Parkway got the nickname of the "Garden State Parking Lot"........but none of the towns along the "exits" banned any of us from heading to the shore..........due to our clogging up their roads. It's a short summer season and the people who own businesses at the Jersey shore depend on visitors.
Any tourist town out west, whether in Colorado or South Dakota, Iowa, etc., Wyoming or wherever, welcomes visitors from near and far, no matter what their mode of transportation, as it brings in revenue.
Maine is a beautiful state.....it's a fact of life. It's a gorgeous state which we've explored from the mountains to the seashore, up and down the coast to New Brunswick Canada and beyond.......but those few short months of summertime, when everyone flocks to the beaches, both route one and even the Maine Pike at times.......becomes a nightmare of cars. Do they ban us? No, because they need our financial support as tourists spending money in their beautiful state.
Likewise, people coming into The Villages are there because it is so beautiful.......they will spend money which will only keep the infrastructure nourished and growing..........you put up with the "outsiders".
I would welcome them.
Just wondering if anyone from Stonecrest or Spruce Creek ever relocates to The Villages? Would they be welcomed or be considered disloyal as they originally "chose" another 55+ community before they saw the light?
We haven't seen it, except the website, but I would wager a "guestimate" that people from less populated areas up north seek out smaller communities as that is what they are used to.
I really doubt if everyone is saying, "Let's go and take advantage of TV and use all of their amenities for free."
People I know do not think that way. I certainly do not.