[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by CybrSage

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

I heard it from my barber's girlfriend's mother's dog sitter's cousin's plumber, so it MUST be true

[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

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

I AGREE its totally not what people say it is very over rated here too

[Karmanng]

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

YUP but dont understand why they feel entitled

[GATORBILL66]

I don't care what anyone writes or states, The Villages is the best place to live. We are so happy here with so much to do and see. I even hate it when I have to leave the villages to go to another state. We could do without a few of the old grumps though. LOL

[Topspinmo]

Well, where do think they all came from, The 5%er’s? Then, there the more recent fleas beat woman and attach themselves like the house that got destroyed trying to get moocher out, or the guy that beat the old fellow that didn’t even hit his car. Few bad apples go long way stinky up the root cellar. Now let’s add the offspring that can’t leave the nest. And finely the ones that come with problems thinking the yellow brick road solve all there problems when in fact in most cases makes them worse. 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.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

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.

But they are not fun to post about.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Randall55

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.

Any multimillionaire or billionaire backs the candidate that will enrich them, been that way since Rome.

[Topspinmo]

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?

Wow, had flashback of New Orleans or Rio.

[Indydealmaker]

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.

I saw no indications that the author visited The Villages at all. Her information was all scraped from internet comments. She is simply a hired gun who sits at her computer writing about anything and everything. She has no particular background in any of her chosen subjects.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by GATORBILL66

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

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

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

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

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.

[Packer Fan]

Originally Posted by frayedends

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.

I tell people I am moving to a swinger community and I am in high demand. Shuts them up quick.

Seriously, I don't know if people really believe it anyway, but if you lean into it, they are actually just jealous

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

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.

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

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Randall55

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.

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.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

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