No you’re not. You love starting threads like this. lol

Reminds me of another user. Did you have another username before this one?

I'm north of 44 and I'm closer to where they will build the new hospital than you are...

Except about those in the north...

I feel the same way about people in the south who trash people in the north...

But I'm smack dab in the middle so I can trash all of you! :loco::loco::loco:

OK, 83 posts for something that is very simple:

If you don't like Southern Oaks, don't play it
If you don't like the prices at Sawgrass, don't eat/drink there
If you don't like bugs, use a spray or take up mah jong.
If you're looking for champagne on a beer budget, rotsa ruck

Pretty easy, huh?????

Nah, much easier to bitch and moan...

I played Bonifay, back in July. I was also swarmed by those black "mosquitoes" on a few holes. Both times, when it was when I hit a ball down by the water's edge...

I learned to stay away from the water!

It's not just Southern Oaks that has them...

I live in Hawkins, too. The bugs are not bad during the day -- at dusk, they are horrible in Hawkins.

There is noise in Hawkins -- there is nowhere you go in Hawkins that you cannot hear the turnpike -- sometimes it is very minor and other times loud.

St. Johns is worse than Hawkins -- I've walked every inch of both.

No disrespect, but it is like we live in two different Hawkins.

There is a lot to dislike about South of 44 in The Villages -- I won't debate that.

What I do like, which is turning lemons into lemonade, is that my Village is bordered by the Turnpike and a County or State, dunno, protected preserve. There will never be apartments, section 8 housing, Fish Games, multi-generational housing, etc. near my home -- everything is done, landlocked. In 5 years, I won't have to complain about scenic farmland turning into apartments, etc. I don't have to worry about any encroachment -- it cannot happen.

I like that we are closer to the airports, Universal, Disney, Tampa, etc. The turnpike is just a couple of miles away, 75 is just 5 minutes away. Costco, coming to Claremont, is just 40 minutes away. I like Orlando area shopping more than Ocala area shopping.

Shops and stores will come to the south -- Middleton and Eastport areas -- they will be new and clean. There will not be old and dingy communities near the south -- at least, not near the new lands of The Villages. There will be less blending of those communities -- which seems rampant in the north and middle Villages.

There is, genuinely, a LOT to like about the northern Villages, no doubt.

I've just learned to appreciate what I have.

I don't see anything controversial in the OP, unless you find complaining about mosquitos and high prices for beer in plastic cups controversial. I'd bet one of those $7 beers that if the OP had an identical couple of complaints about Lopez, the folks who live north of 466 wouldn't get all upset and take it as a personal affront.

I don't care who lives where, I don't need to bash anyone about their choices, or what they like about their area, and I don't care who doesn't like things about where someone else lives.
As an impartial observer, my take is that any criticism of anything in the newer southern areas is taken as an insult by some who live down there.

Next stop........Disney World!

OMG. Controversial statements? Please explain. I simply stated facts as to what exactly happened. Period. Facts. I made nothing up, and actually the mosquitoes were worse that I stated. The Bar, exactly as I stated. Jeez…

Inciting? How? By my factual statements? Of course anything can be twisted… Me>>>> “it’s beautiful in The Villages today!” Inciting a response “no I see a cloud and it may rain”. Sure.

This is why TOTV can be a turnoff for some. And probably why some never start a Thread opening themselves up for ridicule. Again Jeeeez.

Please explain this. Not an LOL.

Most obvious..... "What a ripoff."

The truth. Substantiated by others here. Do that’s “inciting”?

My opinion of a factual statement by me. Is that the best you can come up with? OMG. Please

Yes, by the normal standards of this DG, your comment qualifies as "inciting" nasty responses.

Saying a beer is $7 is not inciting because it is a fact.

Saying that price is a "ripoff" is inciting a nasty response.

Pick. Pick. Pick. If a pitcher of Yuengling is $13 at most TV golf restaurants (1.5 frosty mugs for 4) vs $7 for ONE plastic glass. In my world That IS a ripoff. More than Twice the price. If you don’t agree, fine. But please don’t say that was incitement. Seems as if some here just want to argue. Yikes.

Amen John. They were hoping no one had proof LOL, goes to show you that those south of 44 also quote facts not fiction.

You are notJM. Dream on and hope for the best when you have an emergency.

Just curious what village are you in?

But you choose to bash the south and have been doing so for quite a long time.

That noise would drive me nuts.

Better not.

Where is this new hospital going to be built?

Honestly, you get used to it 90% of the time.

It is from dusk to dawn, during certain weather conditions, it can be loud.

My point was, people who say it is not loud, either have hearing issues, or come from a large urban area where they have long been desensitized.

Ok plastic cup issue, if you go to any drink shack outside you get a plastic cup.do you complain at the squares when you get a plastic cup? One can’t roam around outside with a Glass, but if you did who would be responsible if you dropped and it shattered, or better yet how many would return the glass after walking to your golf cart. Some can’t pick up their trash and throw in a bin, much less return a Glass. So plastic it is

South of CR466.

Just south of the Turnpike near the Lake/Sumter County line.

Perhaps you misunderstood. The Center Bar where we got the beers is INSIDE the Sawgrass Mill mall. One would not typically buy a beer there and go to their golf cart. I would guess that most folks would bring their own beer in cans for that. The bar there of course had bar stools and lots of tables for people to consume their beers… in plastic. Just sayin’

I go there all the time and I believe it's only beer, wine and house liquor. Most cocktails are regular price. I love their grand margarita. $15 but well worth it.

Pretty sure plastic is used because the market will open to the entertainment area and, like all other entertainment areas, glass isn’t allowed.

Correct……on the Lake County side of the line.

Page 7, I think, shows where the new hospital is going. Wellness Village.

Continuing The Dream: Volume 11

Word is that “StrangerThings” happen in Hawkins : ) In fact, didn’t Netflix make a series about that? Perhaps one of you is living in the upside down version of Hawkins?

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That qualifies as a ripoff in my world. Thanks for the warning, good information. I will be sure to pack a few cold ones when I venture there : )

Now I'm confused. Doesn't The Turnpike run north and south?

It runs northwest and southeast.

Now I see why people refer to The Villages that is south or north of the Turnpike. Thank you for the map on page 7. I see where the hospital is going to be built. That is a great location, right off the Turnpike.

Hospital will be a teaching facility, many in the health care community are counting down the time until they can transfer to the area. Plus trauma will be at the facility, for those who live for the adrenaline junkie life, like me.

Hopefully they can teach the clowns running the so called Villages Hospital on El Camino Real how a real Hospital should be run ?