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Originally Posted by manaboutown
It seems to me the issue many folks are having with "wild" young adults residing within The Villages is that it alters the character from that of a 55 and over retirement community. Most mature adults who move to a 55 and over community want to live in a 55 and over community, not among the population at large. That is why they make the move in the first place. Granted some residents will require adult children or paid attendants living with them as caretakers. In some cases the caretaking children themselves are over 55.
Problems arise when the bungee kids are those with substance abuse problems, serious criminal records or are otherwise disruptive and incapable of doing life on their own. Many parents tend to take in such malfeasors which of course increases crime within the community.
The Villages is not the only 55 and over community in which this is happening which I realize is not comforting in the least.
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I disagree that it alters the image of TV. I do believe that it reflects a normal statistical presence found in any community.
I also believe increased communications of instances that have been ongoing but are now known do make it "seem" like things are getting worse. In reality they are not. Just the visibility has now been raised.
TV is more than double from when we built here in 2004. It is a much larger shopping community than when we moved here. For us TV has only improved over the years.
We just do not believe in allowing the minority (not race) or isolated incidents change the perspective....which media emphasis tends to promote.