[CybrSage]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Wow we are here 4 plus years and never knew about all this sex and drinking going on.

Another hit piece on the villages

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?

[TheWarriors]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

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

I guess our perceptions are quite different than yours.

[CybrSage]

Reddit is good for overclocking help and other truly geek stuff.

But if you really want to read truths, go visit 4chan...

[Robojo]

Originally Posted by dano121

Apparently this guy is local and has an axe to grind. We have been here for two years and honestly have not run into "Rude" people. Almost everyone we have met have been really, really nice

I've been here since September. There are rude people. But there are nice people too. 150k people. Pick someone lol.

[Robojo]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

Try working in a service industry job in TV. My granddaughter worked at a bank here and couldn't believe how arrogant and entitled some of their customers were. Not just a few but many. My cleaning lady has told me stories of how difficult it was to please some of her entitled clients. Treated them with no respect or courtesy.

Yesterday I went outside when my landscape became a nicely asked him to blow extra at the end because I just had the house pressure washed. Him and his friend look at each other and he was like you are so nice. They said there's this other lady we just came from and all she does is yell and scream at us.

Did it ever occur to you young people that some of the people here have dementia and cannot communicate in any other way. It had ever occurred to you that that person might be so old and so tired and in so much pain that yelling and screaming and barking is the only way they can communicate. I have been yelled at at the public's parking lot when helping an older guy try to find his car and he Yelled at me the whole time.

Ya'll say that people here treat you like garbage but how do you treat them.

[Robojo]

Originally Posted by TheWarriors

I guess our perceptions are quite different than yours.

So because we're old and wealthy you're jealous.

What 25-year-old do this stuff you'll have no problem with it.

When 25-year-olds do this stuff and it ends up violent you still have no problem with it.

An old rich people do it and nobody hurts each other now you have a problem with it.

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by CybrSage

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?

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.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CybrSage

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?

Easily fast asleep by 11.

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

[CybrSage]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Easily fast asleep by 11.

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

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

[TOMCAT]

Originally Posted by Deckboat234

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.

Why does The Villages have to get a lousy write-up? I would be living there already if it were not for my grandkids, who live five minutes away from me. They would have to take about a two-hour airplane flight to visit if I moved there.

The Villages is a great place to live. I have been there, roaming around the neighborhoods numerous times! Lol!!!

[MX rider]

Originally Posted by TheWarriors

I guess our perceptions are quite different than yours.

Same for us! I would say "false" to most, if not all those comments.

[Ptmcbriz]

Except for a few exceptions, the article seems fairly accurate. Yes there is an entitled attitude with many (I see it frequently), crowded (up north), a lot of drinking, some swingers (although no more than anywhere else), lots of fun activities to keep retired busy, impeccable grounds, rapid expansion that so far has no reason to slow down etc. The article seemed pretty accurate and not that negative to me.

[tikigal]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

That’s hilarious! You just made my day! I’m sitting waiting for my appointment and browsing in this site. I can’t even picture line dancing to Led Zeppelin that is so funny! But if you do good for you too! Have a great day!

[MidWestIA]

Getting random comments - people willing to do it probably have some emotional trigger to do it - most people wouldn't bother

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

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

Agreed