Originally Posted by TheWarriors (Post 2335553)

I guess our perceptions are quite different than yours.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2335448)

There should be a law making it a jailable offense to line-dance to Led Zeppelin in public. I've witnessed this abomination of movement myself. It happens, people.

Originally Posted by dhdallas (Post 2335476)

I am a TV resident and I found the article to be right on the money! Here are some of the highlights from the article that are definitely true.

"Imagine truckloads of 60-plus-year-olds drunkenly line dancing and singing Foreigner"
TRUE
You need never go off the property or mix with the 'common folk.' My friend was a 'flyer' there at the hospital and said she'd never met a group of folks who thought themselves more entitled."
TRUE
"It is overpopulated, overbuilt and has a severe shortage of infrastructure, as it relates to fire and medical."
TRUE
"Whether it was the drunken [swingers parties], wrecked golf carts, multiple occasions of public indecency, [that] all of this coming from a retirement community just made it more comical."
TRUE
"There's a big party in every town square every night — little booze huts everywhere. Happy Hour lasts like four hours."
TRUE
"Of course, you can do or not do whatever you want, but there's a stigma attached to those who don't socialize as much as the rest."
TRUE
"This isn't a place to live if you like your privacy."
TRUE
"The Villages is the Wal-Mart of communities, providing a cheap, superficial sense of community with a made up history while simultaneously choking out the actual communities nearby."
TRUE
"There are train tracks going through the center of town that are completely fake."
TRUE
"They've taken over most of the surrounding area and think they are God's gift to the locals."
TRUE
"Small communities that were founded in the 19th century are losing their identity and charm to become de facto labor camps"
TRUE
"Villagers are kind of an entitled bunch"
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"They get permission to build 20 houses, then keep at it. By the time the whole thing is done, there are 50-plus houses."
TRUE

Originally Posted by CybrSage (Post 2335579)

I heard, from a reliable source (Reddit of course) that the grocery store parking lots are jumping swinger hangouts after the stores close at 9pm

;)

Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2335313)

Sometimes you must walk around listen and observe its not All “La La Land”

Originally Posted by dhdallas (Post 2335476)

I am a TV resident and I found the article to be right on the money! Here are some of the highlights from the article that are definitely true.

"Imagine truckloads of 60-plus-year-olds drunkenly line dancing and singing Foreigner"
TRUE
You need never go off the property or mix with the 'common folk.' My friend was a 'flyer' there at the hospital and said she'd never met a group of folks who thought themselves more entitled."
TRUE
"It is overpopulated, overbuilt and has a severe shortage of infrastructure, as it relates to fire and medical."
TRUE
"Whether it was the drunken [swingers parties], wrecked golf carts, multiple occasions of public indecency, [that] all of this coming from a retirement community just made it more comical."
TRUE
"There's a big party in every town square every night — little booze huts everywhere. Happy Hour lasts like four hours."
TRUE
"Of course, you can do or not do whatever you want, but there's a stigma attached to those who don't socialize as much as the rest."
TRUE
"This isn't a place to live if you like your privacy."
TRUE
"The Villages is the Wal-Mart of communities, providing a cheap, superficial sense of community with a made up history while simultaneously choking out the actual communities nearby."
TRUE
"There are train tracks going through the center of town that are completely fake."
TRUE
"They've taken over most of the surrounding area and think they are God's gift to the locals."
TRUE
"Small communities that were founded in the 19th century are losing their identity and charm to become de facto labor camps"
TRUE
"Villagers are kind of an entitled bunch"
TRUE
"They get permission to build 20 houses, then keep at it. By the time the whole thing is done, there are 50-plus houses."
TRUE

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2335631)

So this leaves the 95% or so that lead normal boring lives. But the normal boring people don’t make headlines or outlandish articles do they.

Originally Posted by Randall55 (Post 2335542)

Not correct. Drinking at the squares is from 5-9 which is 4 hours. If you do not buy from the huts there are several restaurants that serve happy hour 2 for 1.

The fake train tracks are in Spanish Springs along with a parked railroad car.

The developer does indeed have a private area for planes and helicopters. Not certain if he uses it to escape customs.

I would argue they do have state power. They are HUGE contributors to the campaign funds. In doing so, they receive kickbacks for what they want.

Originally Posted by CybrSage (Post 2335551)

The street orgies start around midnight, when the kegs are all but empty.

It is tough to drive around the kegs and naked bodies littering the street in the morning.

How have you missed it?

Originally Posted by Deckboat234 (Post 2335270)

This article What Retiring to The Villages in Florida Is Really Like | Work + Money

No wonder people think the villages is just one wild party with articles like this. The author needs to come visit to see what the villages is like. Her sources were Reddit comments.

Originally Posted by GATORBILL66 (Post 2335623)

We could do without a few of the old grumps though. LOL

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith (Post 2335667)

I think you just won the understatement of the day prize.

Originally Posted by frayedends (Post 2335315)

Getting so sick of reporters saying there are so many swingers. Heck this reporter didn't even get the rumor right, mentioning upside down pineapples instead of loofas. But it is tiring trying to explain to my friends that I'm not moving to a swinger community. Reporters like this are just looking for clicks.

Originally Posted by margaretmattson (Post 2335694)

I've seen many of those mugshots. Most offenders are in their early sixties. I will take an old grump over them any day.

I agree with the poster who said you must walk around, listen, and OBSERVE while in the squares. You'll be surprised what some are doing, be able to spot their hang outs, and witness many treating workers and outsiders with entitlement and contempt. In my opinion, most of the article is true.

I have not seen upside pineapples or mob members. Next time I take a boat ride on Lake Sumter, I'll look carefully for the dead bodies.

Originally Posted by Randall55 (Post 2335542)

Not correct. Drinking at the squares is from 5-9 which is 4 hours. If you do not buy from the huts there are several restaurants that serve happy hour 2 for 1.

The fake train tracks are in Spanish Springs along with a parked railroad car.

The developer does indeed have a private area for planes and helicopters. Not certain if he uses it to escape customs.

I would argue they do have state power. They are HUGE contributors to the campaign funds. In doing so, they receive kickbacks for what they want.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2335712)

We have very rarely see any villagers treating others with entitlement or contempt. Great majority of the people here have class

Originally Posted by Randall55 (Post 2335573)

There was a time when having sex in the squares was amusing for some. Kinda like the mile high club or sex on a beach.

This all came to a sceeching halt when police arrested a couple. The judge sentenced them to six months in jail. And yes! They served every day of that sentence.

Don't believe it? Do an internet search on couple gets arrested for having sex in the square. Judge gave them time in jail.

At the time, many villagers thought six months was excessive. But, I guess that was the plan. Like I said, those shenanigans came to a screeching halt.

Every wave of retirees is different. Back then, the newly retired were teenagers during the make love, not war movement. Woodstock....You guys do not need a history lesson.
Point is, they were a very AMUSING crowd, to say the least.
There was only a small Lady Lake police department. You could get away with so much more back then. And, boy! Did they take advantage!

Outsiders remember these times or are told about them. They will never let the past die. Current daily mugshots solidfy their beliefs.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2335722)

There's also fake trolley tracks and a whole entire fake trolley station/stop in Sumter Landing, near Hagen Daas. There's a table and some seats under the awning there but it's designed to look like a bus/trolley stop.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2335725)

Once upon a time, I guess this really did used to be the "free state of Florida." Nudge nudge wink wink pass the dutchie on the left hand side.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2335722)

There's also fake trolley tracks and a whole entire fake trolley station/stop in Sumter Landing, near Hagen Daas. There's a table and some seats under the awning there but it's designed to look like a bus/trolley stop.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2335742)

It’s where the buses stop?

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2335745)

Fake news!!!! :0000000000luvmyhors

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2335712)

We have very rarely see any villagers treating others with entitlement or contempt. Great majority of the people here have class

Originally Posted by margaretmattson (Post 2335783)

How do you explain the daily mug shots of those arrested? Are they fake too? It happens! Laugh instead of denying. People do STUPID things! Some are smart enough not to get caught. Others? Not so much!

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2335725)

Once upon a time, I guess this really did used to be the "free state of Florida." Nudge nudge wink wink pass the dutchie on the left hand side.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2335574)

Easily fast asleep by 11.

Will have to ask my wife if she wants to drive around after midnight to see the orgies

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2335774)

people

why do you care???

Originally Posted by Villager1234 (Post 2335836)

If there are really that much swinging going on I hope it’s after dark. Do you know what most us senior citizens look like naked ?

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2336011)

Neither my wife nor I have every heard od, nor been approached by "swingers"...

I don't know if we should be happy about that or offended that no one has asked...:o

Originally Posted by margaretmattson (Post 2335810)

I remember when the couple got arrested. Red Sauce created the drink Sex on the Square and it was selling out every night. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe there was a song titled Sex on the Square. It may be on youtube. It was quite popular. Yep! Things were quite different back then. Free state of Florida-just as you jest.