Let the Exodus Begin

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Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

[BrianL99]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

Yep. Now only the folks who can't afford multiple homes will be left and they'll be less competition for seats for the Early Bird Special at Perkins & Bob Evans.

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Or those who just want to enjoy their peace and quiet with their occasional shuffleboard, fine dining and cruises with friends all the while with little care.

[BrianL99]

Or those who just want to enjoy their peace and quiet with their occasional shuffleboard, fine dining and cruises with friends all the while with little care.


Nominated for funniest post of the year.

[LuvNH]

Nominated for funniest post of the year.

Or saddest post of the year. To choose to send this out on Easter Sunday is very strange, hardly NORMAL.

[mickey100]

I love my snowbird friends and the joy they bring when they escape their cold winter residences to come to Florida. Yes, it's busy, but we seem to make it work. I also enjoy the quieter times when they head back up north.

[dhdallas]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…



Now we get our “Easter Break”

What a nasty rude post against snowbirds. It is truly offensive and uncalled for and full of lies. Lies such as we snowbirds don't pay amenity fees - we do pay them year round even though we are not here year round. Blaming snowbirds for significant damage, reckless driving, destruction and more is uncalled for and encourages hate and division among the residents of TV. This original post should be removed.

[asianthree]

Went to Too J’s Tuesday, at prime time. Three tables occupied, 3 weeks ago every table occupied and those waiting were out the door.

Yep watch those business cut staff, because of lack of clientele.

OP joins in June of 2021, many of us have experienced high season for more than 10-20 plus years, and yet we see how snowflakes, snowbirds, and seasonal owners keep TV vibrant and business busy. You seem to forget snowflakes snowbirds, and seasonal owners all own homes here they just choose to own more than one home, and like us have the freedom to come and go as we please

OP is celebrating, loss of revenue and income for many. That’s just sad.

[DanDo]

Sure, let's have the snowbirds not come here or other places in Florida like The Villages so that Florida will need to institute a state income tax, property taxes will increase (due to reduced rental properties), amenity fees will soar and businesses will close.

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I love my snowbird friends and the joy they bring when they escape their cold winter residences to come to Florida. Yes, it's busy, but we seem to make it work. I also enjoy the quieter times when they head back up north.
Couldn’t agree more with all of your post. Happy Easter.

[MX rider]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

What a stupid post!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The busy season is exciting because - it's busy. Love seeing the crowds, the festivals, meeting folks from all over whose faces aren't familiar.

The busy season is also frustrating because there are more accidents, more drunks, more crime, more "lack of care" to properties, more waiting in line.

The quiet season is exciting because it means less risk to run around doing all the stuff I love to do.

The quiet season is also frustrating because I miss some of the people I see during the busy season who add some pizzazz to my otherwise routine week.

There is crime when the snowbirds are here, and there is crime when they're away. There are lousy full-time Villager drivers, there are nasty full-time Villager dog-walkers, there are hideous and insipid full-time Villager political extremists. The only reason you see more during snowbird season is because there are more PEOPLE here during snowbird season. When those people go home for the summer, the crime doesn't cease. It's merely reduced.

[Bogie Shooter]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

This continuing snow bird bashing is really getting old. (Long FULL TIME resident.)
Let it go!

[kkingston57]

I love my snowbird friends and the joy they bring when they escape their cold winter residences to come to Florida. Yes, it's busy, but we seem to make it work. I also enjoy the quieter times when they head back up north.

In meantime our neighborhood becomes a ghost town. Bet over 50% leave. Be careful what you wish for. In wintertime have had very few long waits. How many people need to go to dinner at 5-5:30?

[UpNorth]

Lucky to be leaving soon for the moderate temperatures and beautiful foliage of the north country. Could not stand to be down here for the next six months. Snowbird living rules!

[kkingston57]

What a nasty rude post against snowbirds. It is truly offensive and uncalled for and full of lies. Lies such as we snowbirds don't pay amenity fees - we do pay them year round even though we are not here year round. Blaming snowbirds for significant damage, reckless driving, destruction and more is uncalled for and encourages hate and division among the residents of TV. This original post should be removed.

Grew up in S. Florida and "snowbird" was a derogatory term. Much worse here. Many Florida residents need to be thankful for them and their tourism dollars.

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There is plenty of room for ambiguity when you are only dealing with written texts, it’s part of the problem with texting etc.

Yes, I enjoy guests and yes socials are great down here. A lot of our friends are birds that always have a place in our hearts. What I don’t necessarily care for are the heavier traffic patterns or the lines that increase commutes and wait times. Leaving for church 45 minutes early seems to really drag the morning along too. We are all meant to live together, but the infrastructure here in the Villages area wasn’t meant to handle the volume of use.

[Michael G.]

We are full timers, and I got nothing against crowds and snowbird season.
My best friends are snowbirds and will miss them dearly.

As far as traveling, running errands, eating out, just use common sense.
Do your shopping early, eat the luncheon specials, it's cheaper anyway.
Stay home during the day and do those household chores that you been putting off.

[asianthree]

There is plenty of room for ambiguity when you are only dealing with written texts, it’s part of the problem with texting etc.

Yes, I enjoy guests and yes socials are great down here. A lot of our friends are birds that always have a place in our hearts. What I don’t necessarily care for are the heavier traffic patterns or the lines that increase commutes and wait times. Leaving for church 45 minutes early seems to really drag the morning along too. We are all meant to live together, but the infrastructure here in the Villages area wasn’t meant to handle the volume of use.

Back pedaling little late, and really doesn’t make up for original post

[JerryP]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

Are you talking about renters since you mentioned “those who don’t pay amenity fees” ?

[xcaligirl]

Sure, let's have the snowbirds not come here or other places in Florida like The Villages so that Florida will need to institute a state income tax, property taxes will increase (due to reduced rental properties), amenity fees will soar and businesses will close.
Most snow birds that I know own their own homes so they do pay dues all year. Other renters are keeping the place alive too. I have friends who are snowbirds that are not as described. yes, it's harder to get into the restaurants but it's our time to sit back, eat at home and relax! Our time is coming to "run free"!

[MSchad]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”


Totally uncalled for post. Hope you feel superior now. Happy Easter,

[LuvNH]

There is plenty of room for ambiguity when you are only dealing with written texts, it’s part of the problem with texting etc.

Yes, I enjoy guests and yes socials are great down here. A lot of our friends are birds that always have a place in our hearts. What I don’t necessarily care for are the heavier traffic patterns or the lines that increase commutes and wait times. Leaving for church 45 minutes early seems to really drag the morning along too. We are all meant to live together, but the infrastructure here in the Villages area wasn’t meant to handle the volume of use.

And there you have the real problem. TV was not built to be a tourist attraction, it was built to be a middle to low income retirement community. If it was a high income residential area there would be no rentals allowed.

Also, when it was first designed and built the infrastructure was not in place to handle the amount of people who descend on TV in the winter months, the roads are not wide enough, however the parking lots are perfectly adequate for the amount of parking, but the stores are not big enough to accommodate winter influx of residents.

TV was meant to be a residential retirement community, who knew this would happen.

[patfla06]

Yep. Now only the folks who can't afford multiple homes will be left and they'll be less competition for seats for the Early Bird Special at Perkins & Bob Evans.

Why do you assume that year round Villagers can’t afford two homes?
I find this insulting.

We can afford 2 homes but simply have NO desire to do so.

[Bogie Shooter]

Why do you assume that year round Villagers can’t afford two homes?
I find this insulting.

We can afford 2 homes but simply have NO desire to do so.

Many posts on this thread are insulting.

[Two Bills]

Give it another two or three years of growth TOTV posts will be even more hostile.
Just be thankful all the Snowbirds do not decide to become full timers.

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Back pedaling little late, and really doesn’t make up for original post

I’m not back pedaling, just relieving the ambiguity for clarification purposes.

It gets crowded here in the winter, I like it when it’s less crowded. Of course I love all people and the interaction. Renters will come and go, but admit it, this place is a whole lot more hospitable in the summer season. Easter seems to mark the embarkation of renters and their temporary mind sets.

[Laker14]

There is plenty of room for ambiguity when you are only dealing with written texts, it’s part of the problem with texting etc.

Yes, I enjoy guests and yes socials are great down here. A lot of our friends are birds that always have a place in our hearts. What I don’t necessarily care for are the heavier traffic patterns or the lines that increase commutes and wait times. Leaving for church 45 minutes early seems to really drag the morning along too. We are all meant to live together, but the infrastructure here in the Villages area wasn’t meant to handle the volume of use.

That's even dumber than the original post. This place was designed exactly for the volume of use it gets in January. The snowbirds don't live in trees, ya know. They live in the houses that were built according to the design. The fact is it wasn't designed for the volume of use it gets in the summer. If it were, the amenity fees would be a lot higher than they are, because there would be fewer owners footing the bill. The under-usage of summer when your amenities are subsidized by people not here has spoiled you into thinking backwards.

[rustyp]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”

The real question is given your dislikes that come with high season why did you buy here ? Was it a secret Florida has a large seasonal population ? Or perhaps your unreasonable thought process was once you moved here you or someone was going to shut the door (that was playfull retort for "don't let the door hit you in the rear").

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That's even dumber than the original post. This place was designed exactly for the volume of use it gets in January. The snowbirds don't live in trees, ya know. They live in the houses that were built according to the design. The fact is it wasn't designed for the volume of use it gets in the summer. If it were, the amenity fees would be a lot higher than they are, because there would be fewer owners footing the bill. The under-usage of summer when your amenities are subsidized by people not here has spoiled you into thinking backwards.

Really? Name the major retail developments south of 44. Like I inferred beforehand, we love the Villages and the people; the issue is the crowds during the winter months. I merely mentioned the birds are leaving and it makes it all nicer when they are gone. There is zero sin in that or feeling a bit happier to have less traffic and smaller lines.

[Keefelane66]

We’ll be saying Sayōnara May 15th and we’ve never been to Sawgrass….

[Chi-Town]

I consider snowbirds to be three month renters during the up north cold months. Not to be confused with seasonal residents who are here most of the year and head north during our hottest months.

[Velvet]

And there you have the real problem. TV was not built to be a tourist attraction, it was built to be a middle to low income retirement community. If it was a high income residential area there would be no rentals allowed.

Also, when it was first designed and built the infrastructure was not in place to handle the amount of people who descend on TV in the winter months, the roads are not wide enough, however the parking lots are perfectly adequate for the amount of parking, but the stores are not big enough to accommodate winter influx of residents.

TV was meant to be a residential retirement community, who knew this would happen.
I completely agree. The vision of TV has changed over the years.

Where some people seem mistaken is that snowbird owners are full-time Villagers who choose to go somewhere else for part of the year. Therefore, TV is unnaturally empty. Since the houses in TV are built on the basis of full year round residency. This is quite pleasant for those who stay in those months. These “snowbirds” (full-time owners) seem quite gracious to me as they don’t say when they come back to the people who stayed in the summer, “You’ve had a quiet time, now it is my turn, get out of Dodge for the winter (go cruise, travel whatever, just leave”.

[Paul1934]

Finally Snowbirds are leaving us. We’ll be able to dine out more, enjoy walk-on golf and all-in-all enjoy more elbow room in the Villages. Hurry Winter Break Villager wanna bees, your Easter ham is calling you!!!

There will be a time of rest and healing with less destruction by those who don’t pay amenity fees or have responsibilities to keep our area nice. The damage was significant in some areas this year. We didn’t just have DOACU (dog owners against clean up) or golf carts navigating against traffic in road traffic circles, but high ticket items too. Sawgrass tapped into funds to re-landscape because of the lazy ones.

Adios, don’t let the door hit you in the rear…

Now we get our “Easter Break”
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[fgaba1949]

What a nasty rude post against snowbirds. It is truly offensive and uncalled for and full of lies. Lies such as we snowbirds don't pay amenity fees - we do pay them year round even though we are not here year round. Blaming snowbirds for significant damage, reckless driving, destruction and more is uncalled for and encourages hate and division among the residents of TV. This original post should be removed.
Actually i agree and i enjoy the snowbirds for the most part they are fun and have a ton of energy. Its great to have some new people people around .
Compared to maybe the original negative poster who blames every problem on the snowbirds ...the Villages are a great place to live but lets not start the Holier then thou attitude against the snowbirds ..

[JMintzer]

Normal?

Is their first name "AB"?

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[dewilson58]

What a stupid post!

Yes.............jus a sad person, with a sad life, sharing their sadness hoping to pull others down.

Enjoy the ride.

[dewilson58]

What a nasty rude post against snowbirds. It is truly offensive and uncalled for and full of lies. Lies such as we snowbirds don't pay amenity fees - we do pay them year round even though we are not here year round. Blaming snowbirds for significant damage, reckless driving, destruction and more is uncalled for and encourages hate and division among the residents of TV. This original post should be removed.

:bigbow:

[dewilson58]

Normal?

Far from.

[asianthree]

And there you have the real problem. TV was not built to be a tourist attraction, it was built to be a middle to low income retirement community. If it was a high income residential area there would be no rentals allowed.

Also, when it was first designed and built the infrastructure was not in place to handle the amount of people who descend on TV in the winter months, the roads are not wide enough, however the parking lots are perfectly adequate for the amount of parking, but the stores are not big enough to accommodate winter influx of residents.

TV was meant to be a residential retirement community, who knew this would happen.

Since you just jumped in the pool in 2022, TV was designed to handle the homes that are sold here. The only reason it seems less crowded is because many of us who live here chose not to stay year round. If we all choose to stay year round many would be as upset as the are in high season. When we came in “07” LSL was just getting its feet wet ( pun intended) what restaurants were up and running were far busier than the establishments today.

All of Florida is busy in high season, TV seems to handle better than other areas. At least we don’t have to worry about the influx of beach craziness.

Not sure what stores are not big enough for high season, many of us don’t shop brick and mortar.

Restaurants on the other hand are having difficulty keeping staff, we have enough restaurants, just not enough quality people to work there.

[vintageogauge]

I have no problem with snowbirds, we used to do the same and it was always a nice break from the winter months up north. However I am sure looking forward to less traffic while it lasts as after all of the family housing being built is completed it will be bad all year long.

[Pugchief]

Not sure why wanting to spend part of the year with family and other friends makes you evil. People need to quit complaining about nonsense and find more productive use of their time.

[LuvNH]

[QUOTE=asianthree;2205834]Since you just jumped in the pool in 2022,

We jumped in the pool in 2008. Had to change my name, TOTV lost my original name which was MadelaineAmee.

Been here a long long time and seen many changes.

[Bogie Shooter]

[QUOTE=asianthree;2205834]Since you just jumped in the pool in 2022,

We jumped in the pool in 2008. Had to change my name, TOTV lost my original name which was MadelaineAmee.

Been here a long long time and seen many changes.

I often wondered what happened to you.