Governor Ron DeSantis Calls Florida ‘God’s Waiting Room’ For Seniors
 

Please post your ONE WORD reaction to our Governor’s true feeling about senior citizens, aka our entire community.

Agree 100% .:bigbow:

Accurate.

Did you mean The Villages? I don't recall him saying that but it is often said about communities of older people.

Yes...but there are lots of younger people in Florida that take offense at that.....and not a good thing to say when the states relies on tourism for much of its coffers.

How about were are frogs, here till we croak?

What he said was.
“Florida is ground zero for the nursing home, we’re God’s waiting room,”

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls Florida ‘God’s waiting room’ for seniors - New York Daily News

Heaven

Predictable

NY Daily News, the NY city National Enquirer, with a front page bordering on porn.

The same organization that has quite the Wiki page which perpetuates the myth about their favorite whipping boy; hint, hint, upper right of page.

Hackneyed

unkind.

The phrase has been used in the past, since *I* was a kid and my grandmother lived in Century Village. Locals (people who actually were born and raised in Florida) considered Florida the place where old people go to die.

inconsequential

I grew up in St. Petersburg, I remember Johnny Carson made a joke about St. Pete one time in his monologue. He called St. Petersburg 'Gods Waiting Room' on national TV. At the time I was in my 20's and thought it was accurate. St. Pete was even known for it's green benches along the streets of downtown, usually full of seniors. Now the city has removed most of them to change their image to a young city on the move.

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Hmmmm, I always thought Florida was God’s on deck circle?

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Today that could be called orderly non-compliance!

Shameless

My one word response to this statement by Governor Desantis is again;

Accurate.

Look at this graph showing percentage of age over 65

United States - Population 65 years and over, percent by State

more than one word:
An offbeat attempt at humor

funny

And St. Pete was also called the "home for the newly wed and the nearly dead." Great!!!

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth :)

Lets not make GOD mad again. He already gave us the virus.

veracious

Banal - and oversimplified. Seniors have never been more open to embracing the many faces of life.

I got married at St. Pete City Hall in '74, I guess that's true.

Optimistic

“Flattering”

Much better than “HELL’S waiting room”

He is spot on.

I love waiting here as opposed to North Dakota

Waiting room
 

true:bigbow:

There is a town in UK called Sidmouth in Devon.
To the best of my knowledge, locals have been calling the place Gods waiting room for decades.
So many retire there.

Its true! What is the problem?

What's your point? It doesn't take a PhD to see the article is a political hit piece on the governor who had the temerity to compare our state's more favorable record in contrast to New York's.

If you've been here any length of time you will hear Villagers refer to themselves as "Q-tips" and "frogs." The former refers to the color of their hair (although hair salons are quite plentiful). The latter, they're here until they croak.

Realistic
 

Realistic

Realistic!

Wrong

Inappropriate...
He could have said:
(OAITW) Old And In The Way
I suspect he lost some votes...

Bingo.

Precise