Where do you tell people you live?
 

I was born and raised right here in Lake county which means I know how much locals don’t like Villagers. Also, how much they take advantage of them. I say I live in Leesburg if I’m local or Orlando if I’m traveling. Where do you tell people you live?

The Villages.

When traveling, how do you know people don’t like TV?

Similar to telling someone where I grew up, I start general and then get specific if they are familiar with the area. Usually:

Central Florida - about an hour from Orlando or Tampa - near Gainesville - the Villages - north of 44 near Brownwood

The villages

The Villages.

Travel a lot and when we say TV, see a lot raised eyebrows and the usual questions about STD's, swinger parties etc. When asked where this information came from they will respond by saying so and so told me. Now say Central Florida

Because they've said so. (At least in one tiny village in SW France...)

On a Facebook group for our last cruise, I stated that we were from TV. I had a couple of people respond that they didn’t want to meet us. When I asked why all I got was crickets. I still say we are from TV.

In the moment!

I did know that a few locals do not like Villagers. But I am unclear as to who is taking advantage of WHO?

I tell people I live in The Villages when I am away from this lovely place. MOST people who live here think it is a really nice retirement area and think that there may be several hundred people living here.

Locals who don't like us often bring up that we cut down "their trees" and "took" their unspoiled vistas. I secretly think that they are jealous they don't live here.......and to be fair.....about ten years ago, almost anyone could afford the price of an entry level home. Now the prices have gone up so much on our homes that it has made everyone who lives here a nice little nest egg.

I find a lot of people are jealous of those who have something they do not and do not realize that we all have the same challenges and heartaches and losses and illnesses. It just is that a lot of people do not realize early on that no matter how little money they earn, they should always try to save some of it, to protect them against terrible disasters and unthought of awfulness. Most of us are still very, very careful with money and always will be. Old habits die hard.

I say to the locals who don't like Villagers that someone else would have built here next to us and this I am sure of. Someone else would NOT have done as good a job as the Morse Family.

It is such a wonderful place to live now as I grow quite old, just as it was when I could be dancing at the squares every night. I am so grateful for all of the people I have met here who have become treasured friends.

Locals only have themselves blame, they sold land, no land, no villages, and no development. But, they just couldn’t pass up $$$$$$$.

I always say "Central Iowa" near Commetsberg. I am not permitted to disclose true address or I lose my protection and subsidy.

The galactic consultant will be pleased to hear this, agent Iesnes. 👽

When I was on a vacation recently I said I live in The Villages, which was immediately followed up with their inquiry if there were a lot of swingers living there. They were from a small town in Indiana and that was the only information they knew about TV. It’s hard to believe that the legend remains so many years after it’s been debunked but that’s likely why you didn’t get any further contact.

Really, we need to come up with a better story. "Actually, that is a cover story so people won't discover it is actually a relocation settlement for aliens from several planets in the gamma quadrant. Some do have long arms, but they don't swing. They, I mean 'we', walk like human earthlings".
What do you think? Can we pull it off? 🫠👽👹🤖