[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by billethkid

a lot of this thread has an oh so familiar ring to it....including the tone of the deleted posts.....nice diversity of replies in any event

I agree with you, it is nice to have some diversity! The Villages will change in the future. They are even playing some music from 80's and 90's in the square. Still waiting for some Bob Marley though.

ONE LOVE!

[dirtbanker]

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

I have lived in the Villages for 4 years and still have a home in California and find it amazing the differences in between the two.

Probably the first thing you noticed was real estate at 1/3 or less of the value than in "the land of fruits and nuts".

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

I did a check at the US Commerce census which shows that the Villages for 2010 was 96.9% white alone (not mixed)

If this disappoints you, and is that important to you, why did you buy in The Villages? Obviously nobody else cared, including the other ethnicity groups that did buy.

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

I know several blacks, Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Hispanics, and Iranians in California which allow me the opportunity to experience cultural diversity.

When you asked them why they are not buying in The Villages, how did they respond? Would that not be more informative than asking this forum why they don't buy? Possibly they wish to be far from you??

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

I agree with you, it is nice to have some diversity! The Villages will change in the future. They are even playing some music from 80's and 90's in the square. Still waiting for some Bob Marley though.

ONE LOVE!

I don't believe you agree...there is already some diversity, evidently it is not enough for your liking. They have been playing music from the 80's and 90's and some more current music for quite awhile now, I recently watched line dancing to "Talk Dirty" (these Villagers can line dance to anything!!)

One Love?? Bob Marley's best song is NO WOMAN NO CRY!

[EnglishJW]

As many people who have responded have already pointed out, maximum diversity tends to occur in certain areas for a variety of factors (immigration patterns, availability of work, economics, housing, etc.). Coming from New Jersey and having worked in Manhattan for 32 years, this is a great example of a real melting pot. Move on up here if that is what you are looking for! I don't see these same patterns present in TV. I think a significant contributor to the mix of people here is a function of how they learned about TV. We may have seen ads but never paid any attention to Florida in general or TV in particular. We dance. We met a charming couple at a ballroom dance in NJ. They lived in TV and raved about it. Many months later, a relative who lived in Florida passed away but there was a funeral in NJ. Someone we met at the funeral lived in TV and, you guessed it, raved about TV. It was only after those two events that we began to learn more about the place. I would assume HOW people learn about TV plays a significant role in WHO is here.

[billethkid]

I also think CA is what it is because it happens to be the entry point for south of the border as well as Asia Pacific arrivals, hence many stay!

I personally do not think it is what it is because anybody set out to make it so....my opinion.

Anyway I do not believe many go around looking for a place to live based on select demographics....it is more what they like when they find it and the resultant demographics follow.

[TheVillageChicken]

I think folks from the Midwest and Northeast make up most of the population of TV. I rarely hear a Southern accent. In fact, I have only met three Southerners since January. If I had to make a guess, based on meeting people, observing license plates and college decals on cars and carts, I would say that Ohio, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin supplied the most residents. I live north of 466, and many of the names on the signs are Italian and Polish, so, at least for the northern reaches of TV, I'm thinking Catholicism is the religion of many residents. None of this is important to me, and I think the primary manifestation of the "melting pot" phenomena is complaints about how pizza and Chinese food are prepared here.

[Tennisnut]

[quote=billethkid;883218]That certainly was not an item/issue of concern on my list of considerations for moving here or not. Just like it did not and still doesn't matter what politics or religion are here.
Some things just don't figure into most of us when making decisions on moving.

If one wants diversity they can go look for it...not necessary to live next to it or within it.

To each his own......for most of us TV is just fine like it is and will be

Please explain the lack of pretense? Reasonable?

[billethkid]

[quote=Tennisnut;883921]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Please explain the lack of pretense? Reasonable?

and just what is it about my straight forward commentary that could possibly raise a question of pretense issue?

This stretching of ones intent to further a personal agenda is way too familiar mode of communicating!!

Just read, again what I stated. Face value....no between the lines....no oblique messaging....just stating what I think/do/say on the subject....no interpretation/re-stating thereof needed, as usual!!

[Tennisnut]

I really think the Moderator should close this post. Asking the question regarding the lack of ethnicity in the Villages has resulted in denigration of California as well as myself. Sorry I touched such a nerve. apparently, as one poster said

"If one wants diversity they can go look for it...not necessary to live next to it or within it.

To each his own......for most of us TV is just fine like it is and will be......"

I really do not understand that attitude, however, the animosity is understood.

[gomoho]

Get ready my friend - this is just the beginning.

[perrjojo]

To welcome diversity is honest. To diliberty seek diversity is...well...it seems insincere to me. When one asks hard questions, one must be prepared for ALL of the answers.

[Rags123]

Xxx

[buggyone]

What makes The Villages a great place to live are the great friends we find. Status of wealth does not mean much here. We all enjoy the town squares, the social clubs, the golf courses, and, naturally, hoisting an ice-cold Yeungling with new and old friends.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by buggyone

What makes The Villages a great place to live are the great friends we find. Status of wealth does not mean much here. We all enjoy the town squares, the social clubs, the golf courses, and, naturally, hoisting an ice-cold Yeungling with new and old friends.

Yepper

[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by buggyone

What makes The Villages a great place to live are the great friends we find. Status of wealth does not mean much here. We all enjoy the town squares, the social clubs, the golf courses, and, naturally, hoisting an ice-cold Yeungling with new and old friends.

I guess it would be dishonest to want to go to a Vietnamese restaurant and have some fresh spring rolls. Sorry if that offends anyone!

[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Get ready my friend - this is just the beginning.

Beginning of what? Please explain!