Originally Posted by tvbound (Post 2180694)

The best and most hilarious part being, the "entitled" poster actually thanked you! LOL Methinks he doesn't quite understand your dead on comment on his post.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180773)

That's assuming that ALL the workforce doing jobs in the Villages are HONEST. Some, not so much. Some work as landscapers or lawn cutters by day and come back at night to rob and pillage. What a surprise, some people don't like RICH, entitled, old caucasian people - hard to blame them. Some residents in the old days did NOT even lock their doors when they went out. Today, you NEED security cameras and hidden safes. And going for a several-day trip somewhere and having newspapers pile up is like saying, "please, please break in.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180774)

How about the increased cost of Police protection? Unless someone thinks that the crime rate for young people isn't higher than for retired people.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180775)

A highly skilled tradesman could have been paid less than $11 per hour - IN FLORIDA - probably NOT up NORTH.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180792)

The problem IS that ALL around the country EMPLOYERS are having trouble getting enough employees at the wages that they have become accustomed to paying. Note : real wages with respect to inflation have stagnated for about the last 15 years. However, in the last 2 years, the EMPLOYEES have realized that they have SOME small amount of POWER and they are asking and getting small wage increases.
.....it seems unavoidable that both YOUNGER residents and live-in-the-bubble workers will be an increasing part of life in the NEWER southern regions of the Villages. And just as an aside, both groups may be interested in new sports and activities and less in the longer, bigger GOLF courses. We talked about that in another thread. Face it TV Land is EVOLVING. And that is NOT necessarily a BAD THING.
.......I believe the reason that there are fewer available WORKERS has something to do with the Pandemic because this worker shortage started AFTER the Pandemic. I have NOT heard the exact reason as to WHY many workers got out of the labor market ???????
......It is possible that here in the Villages and especially in the new southern region that the Village Administration decided that they NEEDED to entice workers to come or stay in this area, (WITHOUT greatly increasing their wages) by providing them good local housing benefits. I do NOT know that for a fact, just my guess.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180793)

University and College Presidents and their staff make WAY too much money. But, people want DESPERATELY to get an education and a degree so that THEY, in turn, can make the BIG bucks. It's kind of like a human hampster wheel.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180794)

I NEVER liked the concept of tips when I figured they were STUPID at about 7th grade. But, I am an outlier.

Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2180316)

Why all of a sudden do Villagers need to subsidize Workforce Housing apartments? Plenty of places to live in surrounding towns that house and support the working men and working ladies.. Changing the fabric of a Retirement Community will only cheapen the quality of Retiree life by creating more expenses to draw from a fixed income. Raising the minimum wage has become more than my High Skilled Tradesmen career I had 10 years ago! And this Tipping thing is over, do your job and make me a pizza

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180799)

Please clean your own place or get a smaller place. You can't complain about those who you are creating a magnet for by paying them.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180799)

Please clean your own place or get a smaller place. You can't complain about those who you are creating a magnet for by paying them.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2180820)

I doubt that there is a simple LINEAR relationship between the population of any city or area like The Villages and the tax money NEEDED to be collected. For example, it takes MORE equipment and specialized people to fight 5 story fires than all single story. Most everything has a bell-shaped curve, so some amounts of population would be more or less efficient than some other points. For example, younger families would have more children than senior residents , therefore requiring more schools, classrooms, and buses.
..... A lot of factors would have to be analyzed to determine the optimal quality of life and the most efficient use of taxes. Growth for growth's sake might NOT be optimal.

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2180777)

Maybe it's time to think about stepping away from that television "news" -- spun to make viewers angry.

Ever notice how those obscenely paid "news" deliverers hammer -- hammer-- hammer -- tapping into the emotional part of their viewers' brains -- winding up their fans into a heightened state of negative emotion (anger, panic, fear, paranoia)?

Sometimes that constant pounding will tip viewers into a state of urgency -- gotta do something, gotta do it NOW.

Ironically, that constant tapping into negative emotion is the same method used by scammers -- but those who buy into it on a screen of their own choice can't seem to see the parallels. It's all emotional manipulation for money, lots of it. All from the same playbook.

I know someone whose husband spends so much time in front of television "news" that it is changing his personality by negatively affecting his mood, day after day. She cannot convince him to connect the dots, to see the cause-and-effect -- and turn off that &%$#ing television.

Lucy Boomer (Advice 5 Cents)

Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2180316)

Why all of a sudden do Villagers need to subsidize Workforce Housing apartments? Plenty of places to live in surrounding towns that house and support the working men and working ladies.. Changing the fabric of a Retirement Community will only cheapen the quality of Retiree life by creating more expenses to draw from a fixed income. Raising the minimum wage has become more than my High Skilled Tradesmen career I had 10 years ago! And this Tipping thing is over, do your job and make me a pizza

Originally Posted by Charlie'sDad (Post 2180647)

The cleaning ladies gave me an estimate of $120 for 2 Bedrooms, 2 bath rooms, kitchen, open dining/living room and den. They (there were 3 of them) were here for 45 minutes !!! That's over $40 an hour. Did they clean very well ? NO. They are not coming back.