Article in Buzzfeed about The Villages
 

I just read this article in BuzzFeed News and am amazed at how little the writer got correct. At one point he starts a sentence with a man asking a question and by the end of the sentence the man has become a woman. Plus all the usual hoop-de-do regarding STD's, swinging, nymphomaniac women, etc. I have no idea where all this is happening, but if it is happening in The Villages it must be .0001% of the population. It is a rather long article but I had fun mentally listing all the inconsistencies.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/likethebread...etirem#3ynnowh

Very long.............I think I napped.

They have to sell paper some how.

Another cut and paste article.
How do they get away with doing this and get paid to contribute to another outlet?

I am sure a lot of villagers will say there are a lot of untruths in this article but 95 per cent of the population is off the street and bars by 7 o'clock because happy hour is over. I have many single friends who would agree with his views on the night-life in the villages. Just more free advertising for the villages.

A bit of background on Buzzfeed News:
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ho...090822620.html

Seems no better than tabloid.

I dunno, I found it to be pretty accurate and unbiased. The author liked TV enough to tell his parents to move here. He talked to all kinds of people, gave some cons but a lot pros. Sounds like he had a great time in his seven-day stay.

I loved the part where people put a loofah sponge on their antennae to indicate they swing! Now I'll be completely obsessed with trying to spot loofah sponges!

Looking at the bigger picture if you consider how unethical or totally partisan many of the national journalist are it is easy to understand how easy it is for a reporter in a smaller setting to violate every ethical principle .

In fact there seems to be only a few avenues of honest to goodness journalistic investigation and reporting.

I guess I'll never get lucky because I don't have an antenna on my golf cart!

I was discussing this very subject with a friend at lunch yesterday. It does seem as if journalism has degraded to infotainment. There was "breaking news" this past week about an active shooter at Fort Lee, Virginia and the base was put on lock down. Turns out a female soldier had committed suicide.

Unfortunately, when vehicles (newspapers, radio, television, internet) for news rely on ratings/money to push their priorities, integrity, fact finding and truth will give way to getting the next big story out there, whether it is factual or not.

And I'm betting the same concerns about the news were raised in the 1700's and the 1800's and the 1900's. I try to be discerning about the news I see, but sometimes the thread of truth is very hard to find.

I agree with you. Another thing people forget is that residents of leesburg, fruitland park, wildwood, and lady lake also frequent our night spots. As far as katie bells, it is easy for a non resident to get in. You just walk behind when a large group goes in and point to the people in front and just mouth were with them and you will get in. There not that fussy.:welcome::welcome:

It reads like he had a great time!

More views.
Fastest-Growing Metro Area in U.S. Has No Crime or Kids - Bloomberg

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/f...p_history.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ex-toyboy.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/bo...nd-t.html?_r=0

True story - we were in NY last week and my husband was talking to a patron in the deli about how great it was to love in the villages and another customer comes in on the conversation and said the villages has the highest cases of STDs in the nation and she continued with " we own a home in West Palm beach and are in the process of trying to rent it out so we can spend this winter in …..The Villages" LOL

For those that don't understand the IRS investigation, this article gives a good overview of what's going on in easy to understand language, not legal mumbo-jumbo.

Sometimes I wonder why some people ONLY post negative things and why some people ONLY post positive things.

And when something negative about The Villages comes up, some people practically drool.

Many people do not share the joy of other people's good fortune. Many younger people do not like to see older people enjoying life and doing many of the things they wish they could do. Let's face it, starting your day with a newspaper and a cup of coffee, then going for a bike ride, maybe some pickle ball or attending a favorite club, then lunch, a swim in the pool, maybe some golf, dinner, maybe with friends and then a walk around the block, or a night of dancing at the squares, or a concert at the Savannah Center sounds too good to be true and many people get very resentful when you talk like this. I remember how much I ate in New England and how lethargic I was all winter. It even started going down hill in the fall. Limited physical activity even in the summer, as you couldn't walk on the country roads as cars would run you down. Life was not much fun and I felt old. No more! I moved to the Villages! I know a good deal when I see one!

Gracie, I hope you read the whole article. He really liked TV and it showed. Yes, he mentioned some of the negatives and some of the stereotypes but all in all, it was a very fair piece. Had I not lived here and read this piece, I would definitely want to visit.

Whoa, I don't have one either. What's with the loofah? Is there some sort of a dirty joke here that I'm missing?

to NJBCHBUM

A little off topic, but I find your signature humorous,,,
"Why do I use valet parking?......Because the valet never forgets where they parked my car!"

Especially in Philly, when they park it in a towaway zone....

To all of the previous Bloggers. ...I agree....Walter Cronkite would really have a fit viewing what is put out there now...
"Breaking News" has been over used ......like "you saw it first,".....
Back to the drawing board...

I guess I am confused also. I was always told that people put loofahs and tennis balls on their antennas so they could find their cars in the parking lot.

Z

Me, too. I thought it was one of the better articles I've read about TV. His death-match pickle ball game made me laugh.

The whole article was kind of hilarious, The Villages is a community that represents over 100.000 residents. I have traveled most of the world and in any community that has that many people you can find what ever you are looking for the good, the bad, the ugly, they are all there. I have also been able to observe what is provided for the residents as well as what is expected "TAXES AND FEES" from the residents, my conclusion is that the 100,000 plus residents including myself get more bang for their buck from the "Developer" than the dictator of other less benevolent societies provides for their communities.

So that's why everyone has their name on the golf cart. Easy to find or new signal for fun

I found it entertaining
But I found ten use of the F-bomb unnecessary
Debbie

I was entertained by the article. Lots of untruths but some accuracy too.

I agree with you Mike and Redwitch.


I am wondering what his hosts, the Ozbolts, feel about his portrayal of them. I wonder if they post on here?

The only thing that I thought was waaaaay out there was his section on the sexual behavior of villagers and his resource was a server???????

I think I recognized some people that I know from this forum that might be seen in a different light by someone who didn't know them well or care about them.

It makes me feel a LITTLE TINY bit defensive and spied upon because as anyone who knows me at all, knows I love this place.
I know this; a lot of savvy, spicy, warm, funny, caring, and full of life people chose this place to live out their retirement years and I am glad to be here with them.

I had to look up Buzzfeed.

How can anyone comment about the sexual behavior in the villages unless your around late at night and actually observe or talk to the late night crowd. I wish some of the posters who are think nothing other than the norm goes on would of gone to the waterfront hotel on thursday nights when petrina was there. It was very entertaining to say the least, everyone just having a good time and not shy about it.

Actions say more than words. He wrote that he called his parents and encouraged them to sell their home up north and move down to The Villages. That says a lot about his true feelings about The Villages.

Of course, his publisher wanted to see some exciting revelations about the personal lives of some of the more out-there folks to get and hold reader interest. That is the name of the journalism game.

You got that right, Rocketman
 

Don't forget to look for women at City Fire in LSL wearing gold shoes.

Before we sold our house the 16 year old neighbor asked where we were moving. When we told him his reply was you mean that place where all the old people have STD. I was shocked and told him the truth about TV.

That was not the first time someone has said that about TV to us, and I had to tell them the truth too. Unfortunately, it seems it's a stigma that can't be changed. Such a shame outsiders focus on the negative. It upsets me to hear it, but I know what a wonderful place TV is and plan on spending the rest my life having fun there. Let them say what they will, we know the truth.

I wonder why the writer doesn't do a similar lifestyle stay at Martha's Vineyard, to analyze and write about all the rich white people "doing it" in their millionaires' club playground THERE.

But the answer is obvious: He or his father and 99% of TV residents could not afford to live or even vacation in Martha's Vineyard.

I bet more than you think could vacation there...........maybe even more than you think could live there.

Actually, you're probably right about that. But here, we don't know who the millionaires among us are because they don't flaunt it.

I guess having only one name signals "I'm open for business".

About the tedium of that STD remark we keep hearing from people who never have been here, I just make 'em do math in their heads.

It was always about percentage.

I say, "Let's say there are two cases and then two more show up. What is the percentage increase? Huh? Huh? So what is it?"

Then I follow up by making them tell me the actual number of cases that would be.

And then I ask them if they know how many people live here.

Then I ask them if that raw number would grab headlines like that percentage.

It's elementary.

Seriously.....you folks that like this trash article....did you really read this garbage? I for one am embarrassed by it. Is this paragraph from the article the truth? .....Really??

A waitress tells me about key parties at an Italian restaurant on Sumter Landing: “Golf cart keys get put in a fishbowl in the middle of the table, wives wait in the parking lot for their mystery dates.” I’m told about a prostitution ring that has recently been broken up. Orgies are said to be a regular occurrence. I am warned about women prowling around bars indiscriminately offering oral sex. There is reportedly a black market for Viagra. One of Bob’s buddies confesses to watching a couple **** in a golf cart on a dead-end street. I’m told that sticking a loofah on your cart antenna signifies you’re into swinging. So does wearing a crimson button. According to multiple people, wearing gold shoes or letting your shirt tag stick out in the back signals you’re on the prowl. I hear a story about a scorned woman painting “YOU ****ING PRICK YOU GAVE ME HERPES!” in red letters

I just saw a car at Colony Plaza today with one on their car. I was wondering why they did that.

Add to that:

Nobody is from here (TV). All STDs were brought from the pool of them in the carrier's former bar scene or swingers' group.