The villages 50 years from now

[Lottoguy]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)

[JMintzer]

European Vacation - Roundabout - YouTube (https://youtu.be/iAgX6qlJEMc)

[DAVES]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)

Fifty years from now. They will read about us and say, can you believe they did not know bacon is good for you, they were so self concerned that they thought people caused global warming, they ran cars on oil not solar cells, they did not have a replicator, they thought a 3d printer was high tech.

[villagetinker]

Actually, they will have flying cars, and this roundabout will be several hundred feet in the air, think about it!

[Dana1963]

Each house will have a cistern. Golf may disappear due to financial burden and there will still be a debate gas vs electric transportation. I hope people will be smarter 50 years from now or it may be like the movie “ Idiocracy”

[Laker14]

they will still be promising that new town square in Key West.

[Carla B]

Each house will have a cistern. Golf may disappear due to financial burden and there will still be a debate gas vs electric transportation. I hope people will be smarter 50 years from now or it may be like the movie “ Idiocracy”

I think you are prescient.

[La lamy]

I wonder if the music played at the squares will be different too. I like the oldies but as a 57 year old I would love to hear some 90s tunes too which I think had phenomenal music. Maybe that too will come...

[JMintzer]

I wonder if the music played at the squares will be different too. I like the oldies but as a 57 year old I would love to hear some 90s tunes too which I think had phenomenal music. Maybe that too will come...

I could get into some Green Day, Nirvana and Pearl Jam! Add some Counting Crows, DMB and Hootie and we're rockin'!

[manaboutown]

50 years from now Villagers will be today's tattooed teenagers.

[La lamy]

I could get into some Green Day, Nirvana and Pearl Jam! Add some Counting Crows, DMB and Hootie and we're rockin'!

Yes!!! Glad to hear others would be into it too.

[thevillages2013]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)

The Emperor of China will be deciding what gets built here way before then

[jojo]

Seriously where is this traffic circle? Just curious.

[thevillages2013]

I could get into some Green Day, Nirvana and Pearl Jam! Add some Counting Crows, DMB and Hootie and we're rockin'!

If that’s Dave Miller Band you just lost a little respect!:ho:

[Annie66]

Seriously where is this traffic circle? Just curious.

Hemel Hempstead, Hertsfordshire, UK.

[JMintzer]

If that’s Dave Miller Band you just lost a little respect!:ho:

"Mattew's"...

And don't go dissin' "Ants Marching! :icon_wink:

His acoustic playing is excellent and I love his sax player...

Is it okay to add the "Gin Blossoms"?

[JanetMM]

I wonder if the music played at the squares will be different too. I like the oldies but as a 57 year old I would love to hear some 90s tunes too which I think had phenomenal music. Maybe that too will come...

I am with you on this. Bring some of the music into the 21st century. Oldies from 20 years ago are still Oldies. We didn’t stop enjoying music in the 1960’s.

[Dana1963]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)
The Morse Family will have expanded further south which will encompasses the Dade historic battlefield in Bushnell along 75. After making pease with the Seminole Tribes will build a Casino and instal a plaque commemorating the historic even.
Renovations will finally be completed on the Rialto Theater with gaming slots installed along with High Stakes Bingo.
Golf course T boxes will be replaced with Astro turf mats to stop people complaining.
High speed rail service will take villages to Orlando and Tampa Airports and yes people will still complain about arriving to early and waiting.
The Three town squares will be replaced with Costco, Super WalMart, BJ’s or Target. Overpass or tunnel will be places for golf cart access to Home Depot and Sam’s.
Repairs to the Morse Blvd Bridge to Sumter landing will continue with no firm completion date established pending engineering review.
The Recreational News will finally be available on line since residents will have finally mastered computers and tablets.
Retina scanners will replace gat cards.
Astroturf lawns will be allowed so there will be no need for large mowing machines or walk behind mowers as some people require

[Cliff Fr]

Flying cars were predicted to be in use by now back in the 50's 😃

[CharlieT]

"Oldies" music may still be the 50's & 60's, but it will be the 2050's & 2060's. If rap is the "new oldies, "I'll be glad that I'm dead.

[JMintzer]

Flying cars were predicted to be in use by now back in the 50's 😃

I'm still waiting for my Jet Pack!

[airstreamingypsy]

Actually, they will have flying cars, and this roundabout will be several hundred feet in the air, think about it!


They have flying cars sometimes, now at the roundabouts.

[vinricci]

Maybe by then Misdirected Request will be fixed.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

50 years from now Villagers will be today's tattooed teenagers.there already here I have 10

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)

Likely, Florida will be a wasteland, all the coastal areas inundated by the rising ocean levels. New retirement communities will have opened in mountainous places like Tennessee and Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico will just be too hot to be inhabitable. Sound like science fiction. Well, it could be a reality if the U.S. and other polluting nations of the world like China don't take drastic measures to stop the inevitable climbing temperatures caused by Global Warming.

[JMintzer]

Likely, Florida will be a wasteland, all the coastal areas inundated by the rising ocean levels. New retirement communities will have opened in mountainous places like Tennessee and Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico will just be too hot to be inhabitable. Sound like science fiction. Well, it could be a reality if the U.S. and other polluting nations of the world like China don't take drastic measures to stop the inevitable climbing temperatures caused by Global Warming.

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[Seasonal]

Today we are entering the final years of the baby boom generation entering retirement ages. The early boomers are dying off. The 2030s are going to be interesting years in the Villages.

[Wyseguy]

I wonder if the music played at the squares will be different too. I like the oldies but as a 57 year old I would love to hear some 90s tunes too which I think had phenomenal music. Maybe that too will come...

We are the same age, and I can not think of many good groups from the 90's. Green Day was from the 80s. Maybe my Chemical Romance. What did you like from the 90's?

[Jerry101]

… come Lord Jesus!

[Topspinmo]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)


I thought Florida supposed be covered by 10 feet of water in 50 years?

[Topspinmo]

Likely, Florida will be a wasteland, all the coastal areas inundated by the rising ocean levels. New retirement communities will have opened in mountainous places like Tennessee and Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico will just be too hot to be inhabitable. Sound like science fiction. Well, it could be a reality if the U.S. and other polluting nations of the world like China don't take drastic measures to stop the inevitable climbing temperatures caused by Global Warming.

Or this could happen

Thanks To Reduced Solar Activity, We Could Be Heading For A Mini Ice Age In 2030 | IFLScience (https://www.iflscience.com/environment/we-could-be-heading-mini-ice-age-2030/)


Or another theory which humans have no control over.

Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/).

[JMintzer]

We are the same age, and I can not think of many good groups from the 90's. Green Day was from the 80s. Maybe my Chemical Romance. What did you like from the 90's?

Green Day was formed in '87, but really became popular with "Dookie" in 1994...

Green Day - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day#Breakthrough_success_(Dookie_and_Insomni ac,_1994%E2%80%931996))

[JMintzer]

Today we are entering the final years of the baby boom generation entering retirement ages. The early boomers are dying off. The 2030s are going to be interesting years in the Villages.

Still a good 10-15 years or so till the Baby Boomers finish retiring... (It ran from 1946-1964)...

Some of the early Boomer's children are already in their 50's...

Add to that, the population growth post war, and we have about 100 million more people...

We keep making more people but we can't make any more dirt... We gotta live somewhere...

[patfla06]

Actually, they will have flying cars, and this roundabout will be several hundred feet in the air, think about it!

Considering how badly people drive on the ground the thought of flying cars is terrifying.
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[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

I thought Florida supposed be covered by 10 feet of water in 50 years?

That's one of pet theories of disinformation peddled by the fossil fuel industry. Take a look at this graph from NASA -- one of the leading scientific organizations in the world. It shows that despite the sun irradiation or heat has been decreasing, global temperatures are rising. I've attached it to make it easier to see. This totally repudiates that false theory:


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[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Or this could happen

Thanks To Reduced Solar Activity, We Could Be Heading For A Mini Ice Age In 2030 | IFLScience (https://www.iflscience.com/environment/we-could-be-heading-mini-ice-age-2030/)


Or another theory which humans have no control over.

Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/).

Here's the graph:

Graphic: Temperature vs Solar Activity – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet (https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/189/graphic-temperature-vs-solar-activity/)

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

That's one of pet theories of disinformation peddled by the fossil fuel industry. Take a look at this graph from NASA -- one of the leading scientific organizations in the world. It shows that despite the sun irradiation or heat has been decreasing, global temperatures are rising. I've attached it to make it easier to see. This totally repudiates that false theory:


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Obviously, many people are in denial about this and try to come up with some sort of theory to oppose the obvious. Human activity is speeding up the warming on our planet, even faster than scientists had thought. People laughed at Al Gore, but his inconvenient truth was based on science, not wishful thinking. The longer we wait to address this, the worse things will get. Guess most of us seniors won't be around to see the worst of this. My thought about Florida might be extreme but at the rate we're going, it might not be as preposterous as it might now seem.

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Obviously, many people are in denial about this and try to come up with some sort of theory to oppose the obvious. Human activity is speeding up the warming on our planet, even faster than scientists had thought. People laughed at Al Gore, but his inconvenient truth was based on science, not wishful thinking. The longer we wait to address this, the worse things will get. Guess most of us seniors won't be around to see the worst of this. My thought about Florida might be extreme but at the rate we're going, it might not be as preposterous as it might now seem.

If you want all the details, go to NASA's website:

NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming (https://climate.nasa.gov/)

[thevillages2013]

"Mattew's"...

And don't go dissin' "Ants Marching! :icon_wink:

His acoustic playing is excellent and I love his sax player...

Is it okay to add the "Gin Blossoms"?

Sorry, got Steve Miller and Dave Matthews crossed. Gin Blossoms are awesome just never got anything but a need to change the radio station from Dave Matthews Band. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

[thevillages2013]

Sorry, got Steve Miller and Dave Matthews crossed. Gin Blossoms are awesome just never got anything but a need to change the radio station from Dave Matthews Band. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Ok in the spirit of the season here it goes , “Alexa play songs by The Dave Matthews band” . To be continued…..

[Aloha1]

Likely, Florida will be a wasteland, all the coastal areas inundated by the rising ocean levels. New retirement communities will have opened in mountainous places like Tennessee and Colorado. Arizona and New Mexico will just be too hot to be inhabitable. Sound like science fiction. Well, it could be a reality if the U.S. and other polluting nations of the world like China don't take drastic measures to stop the inevitable climbing temperatures caused by Global Warming.

Gotta ruin the vibe, Debbie Downer?

[La lamy]

We are the same age, and I can not think of many good groups from the 90's. Green Day was from the 80s. Maybe my Chemical Romance. What did you like from the 90's?

Here's a few: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Oasis, Green Day, Aerosmith, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Alanis Morrisette, Blink-182, Jane's Addiction, The Verve, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Bush, and more I'm sure that I can't think of...

[Retiring]

In 50 yrs TV will look like a moonscape from all the sinkholes.

[Topspinmo]

Obviously, many people are in denial about this and try to come up with some sort of theory to oppose the obvious. Human activity is speeding up the warming on our planet, even faster than scientists had thought. People laughed at Al Gore, but his inconvenient truth was based on science, not wishful thinking. The longer we wait to address this, the worse things will get. Guess most of us seniors won't be around to see the worst of this. My thought about Florida might be extreme but at the rate we're going, it might not be as preposterous as it might now seem.

Who you talking to yourself? And we still laugh at al gore.

[JMintzer]

Here's a few: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Oasis, Green Day, Aerosmith, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Alanis Morrisette, Blink-182, Jane's Addiction, The Verve, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Bush, and more I'm sure that I can't think of...

Aerosmith???

They were going for 20+ years in the 90's! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

And if I hear "Isn't it Ironic" (which has ZERO irony in it) one more time... :boxing2:

And "The Verve"? They stole their only hit from the Stones...

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' Credits And Royalties Given Back To The Verve By Jagger, Richards : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726227555/not-bitter-just-sweet-the-rolling-stones-give-royalties-to-the-verve) :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

P.S. Just funnin' with ya'! I love talking music...

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

Who you talking to yourself? And we still laugh at al gore.

No, Al has gotten the last laugh, but it isn't funny now, seeing the havoc that has been occurring.

[Topspinmo]

No, Al has gotten the last laugh, but it isn't funny now, seeing the havoc that has been occurring.

No.

[mike1946]

This movie is of a roundabout in the UK - there are 2 of them one in Swindon and the other near MK/Hemel we call them the 'Magic Roundabouts'. They are fun !!

[OronocoCharlie]

Flying cars? They have those now. Alcohol is typically the main factor.

[jimmy o]

Looks like a nightmare, but I counted over a hundred cars moving through that roundabout in less than three minutes. I’d say that pretty good for moving cars through a multi street intersection like that.

[Dana1963]

If you want all the details, go to NASA's website:

NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming (https://climate.nasa.gov/)
Better nock it off or Soundings a The Weather Club will be after you

[Proveone]

Yes, we'll all be dead. But, those roundabouts still live on.

THE VILLAGES - 50 Years From Now - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbaW3ObWfk)
Interesting, but that round about/rotary had five or six entry/exit points. In addition, not sure who designed it but it didn't look safe or efficient.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Green Day was formed in '87, but really became popular with "Dookie" in 1994...

Green Day - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day#Breakthrough_success_(Dookie_and_Insomni ac,_1994%E2%80%931996))

Green Day is still nothing but Dookie.

[Madelaine Amee]

This movie is of a roundabout in the UK - there are 2 of them one in Swindon and the other near MK/Hemel we call them the 'Magic Roundabouts'. They are fun !!

Can you imagine one of those in TV :). If someone came in on the wrong lane they would spend the rest of their days going around and around. :ohdear:

We are used to the British traffic circles and in our opinion, there is no better way to move traffic. Once you learn to navigate them they are great.

[RICH1]

China will have built Condos for the Labor camps that were built on all the golf courses

[giorgio1948]

they will still be promising that new town square in Key West.
in Key West

[JMintzer]

Green Day is still nothing but Dookie.

American Idiot was pretty good...

[La lamy]

American Idiot was pretty good...

Agreed. Maybe their best song I think.

[La lamy]

Aerosmith???

They were going for 20+ years in the 90's! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

And if I hear "Isn't it Ironic" (which has ZERO irony in it) one more time... :boxing2:

And "The Verve"? They stole their only hit from the Stones...

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' Credits And Royalties Given Back To The Verve By Jagger, Richards : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726227555/not-bitter-just-sweet-the-rolling-stones-give-royalties-to-the-verve) :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

P.S. Just funnin' with ya'! I love talking music...

Aerosmith had relevant music in the 90s, didn't mean they were founded in that decade. I agree about the Verve comment, but Morrissette had a lot more music than what you constantly hear on the radio!!! But I can't believe I forgot to include Tool. One of the most intelligent/complex rock music I've ever heard. There's also Nine Inch Nails that have some very danceable music, Three Doors Down, A Perfect Circle, Collective Soul, Our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth are more of my faves. If they're not yours, I don't care! :icon_wink:

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

No.

Did you go to NASA's website? I guess you're just in denial and nothing will convince you. We all are in denial about something; otherwise, it would be difficult to carry on with our lives. :bigbow:

[dougawhite]

2071 story in the online TV news: "40 year old child of a Villager living in the Village of Bushnell arrested for FUI (flying under the influence). An open bottle of Quark Quantum Vodka was found in the co-pilot seat. The Villagers bought their Bushnell home in 2069 for 7,658,000 Chinese Yuan.

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

:coolsmiley:2071 story in the online TV news: "40 year old child of a Villager living in the Village of Bushnell arrested for FUI (flying under the influence). An open bottle of Quark Quantum Vodka was found in the co-pilot seat. The Villagers bought their Bushnell home in 2069 for 7,658,000 Chinese Yuan.

[JMintzer]

Aerosmith had relevant music in the 90s, didn't mean they were founded in that decade. I agree about the Verve comment, but Morrissette had a lot more music than what you constantly hear on the radio!!! But I can't believe I forgot to include Tool. One of the most intelligent/complex rock music I've ever heard. There's also Nine Inch Nails that have some very danceable music, Three Doors Down, A Perfect Circle, Collective Soul, Our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth are more of my faves. If they're not yours, I don't care! :icon_wink:

I LOVE Collective Soul! "Shine" is one of my favorites... And I love the acoustic opening to "The World I Know"...

They were part of the "deep voice" band trends in the 90's (along with 3 Doors Down...) I do like me some "Kryptonite"... My 26 yo daughter calls them "Warble Bands"... :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

And Aerosmith can thank Run DMC for their resurgence in the late 80's. The were dead and buried at the time...

You do have good taste in music... For a girl... Bwahahaha!

But props for not bringing up Coldplay! :a040::icon_wink: