I don't mind being referred to as elderly, if...IF, the referrer has got along great with his parents, aunts and uncles and they were funny and sweet and smart. Then I know the referrer has a good feeling for old-er folks. There are those who post here, and thinly veiled they post as if they look down on older people. no matter what they type. That isn't nice or right and ....Karma is waiting in the wings...along with MY guardian angel.....who DRINKS.

Elder and elderly conjure up perceptively different meanings.

I wonder if misusing the words elder or elderly would be considered elder abuse under the law?

Back on topic....
I have notice at various times that the people manning the gates do not appear to think about the TIMING of the traffic flow, and occasionally let visitors though BEFORE the resident has opened and cleared their gate. The result is that the VISITOR is approaching the necked down area AT THE SAME TIME AS THE RESIDENT. I have gotten used to looking to my left, and have probably avoided 2 or 3 close calls by doing this.
I have no idea what level of training is provided for these posts, but it appears that MAYBE this could be increased.
Please try not to shoot the messenger.

The water leak repair by the City of Lady Lake and subsequent repair of the street has nothing at all to with the Villages responsibility of maintaining the street.
The ongoing maintenance of All Courtyard Villa streets are the sole responsibility of The Villages for the reason that I stated.
As you know the Courtyard Villas are unique in their design and layout, however the streets are narrow compared to the streets that are maintained by various counties.
The Courtyard Villa streets Do Not Comply with the Codes of any of those Counties.
That is why The Villages are forced into maintaining All Courtyard Villa Streets. ALL....is the Key Word.

Lastly because the Villas have a classification of " Public Access " they come under the same " Restrictions " as the various county roads and streets.

It doesn't matter who is at the gate or how well they are doing. It is wise to watch out for ourselves.




Generalizing in a demeaning way isn't nice. So if I were directing traffic at the gate, I wouldn't like it if someone said ......"Some blonde babe" was causing a traffic mess.


Or if KCRazorback were directing traffic saying "Some punk kid" isn't nice either.


Now that is my sermon for the day.


It is a beautiful kinda chilly day in The Villages. But Sweetie is playing golf anyway. Somebody has to do it.

In the real news site, some time back, a poster indicated that the northwest area of TV (Chatham?) pays for their own road maintenance; that the roadways were never turned over to the county. It was addressing the issue of restricting access, I think. Something about originally the gates did restrict access, but were opened up to accommodate emergency vehicles. Interesting.

I am really skeptical about this information. I think it doesn't sound right at all. Certainly this would have been discussed and discussed and discussed again on this forum and people would have been warned not to buy there because of an additional expense. I don't recall hearing or reading this.


Could you link us to this info, Outlaw? Certainly it is out there somewhere.

And in that case, it appears the visitor lane has the right of way, because the resident's lane is the one that disappears and must merge into the left lane.

You know, there is no rule that says residents must use the resident gate. I go to the visitors gate all the time if it's raining hard or if the resident lane is backed up.

I agree completely, and I use the visitor gate whenever I am going in a around about and exiting from the left lane, I do not want to cutoff someone in the right lane.

My thought is whoever gets to the merge point first has the right of way!
But both drivers must be aware of what's going on around them.
And a parting thought is what's the rush!

The population density of The Villages is 1,629 people per square mile. It is nowhere near as crowded as other communities of 100,000 people in the United States.

For example, Orlando has a population density of 2327, Tampa comes in at 2960, and Miami at 11,135. These are not among the top 100 cities with the highest population density.

I don't know how anyone can say that The Villages is too crowded.

I have not seen the multi-modal paths throughout Orlando or Tampa, have you?

Exiting from the left lane on the third exit, right? This time of year I see too many drivers taking the first exit from the left lane. I am suprised there are not more accidents at these rounds during this time than there are. Or maybe we just don't hear about them. I also get honked at by drivers in the right lane going around passing the second exit when I am in the left lane taking the second exit (going straight). I've even started just using the right lane unless I need the third exit. Oh well, I guess living here still makes it worth the small hassles.

Yep, it's worth it 😊

I think that's the best idea, esp. during the high-traffic season.