[billethkid]

We took a short ride just to see how things were going the first night.

Surprised at the crowd level. More surprising and disappointing was almost nobody wearing masks.
Outside bars and tables shoulder to shoulder.
Even the strollers on streets surrounding the square.

I would have never ever guessed there would be more than 90% with no masks or social distancing.

Totally surprised! Extremely disappointed!

The clock is running....time will tell.

[Medtrans]

Shocking....and yet not. 😞

[Stu from NYC]

Very very disappointing

[villagetinker]

OP, Thank you for the report, I was planning on doing the same, but got tied up. I guess we will see the results in about 2 weeks??

[Taltarzac725]

You cannot fix stupid!

[ficoguy]

What did you expect?

[ficoguy]

I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds...in the form of...Rocky and the Rollers, Johnny Wild, etc etc etc

[Aloha1]

Originally Posted by ficoguy

I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds...in the form of...Rocky and the Rollers, Johnny Wild, etc etc etc

Not their fault.You can't blame the entertainers for the stupidity of their audience.

[ficoguy]

No but they are drawn like the moth to the flame

[JoMar]

Looked at the webcams, crowds less than I expected at all three squares.....that's encouraging

[Northwoods]

I drove around Brownwood tonight. They had all entrances but one blocked off (they were taking the temperature of people with tickets). There were a fair number of workers in yellow vests patroling the sidewalk around the square making sure people didn't stand and watch the band. There were people sitting across the street from the square... some brought chairs and sat in front of vacant buildings. I saw one couple dancing in the square.

[Going My Way]

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[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

You cannot fix stupid!

Tal, My Old Friend, this is one mistake that will fix STUPID. It can put Your Lights Out.

I don't think I've ever shared deeply my feelings about the mask and distancing thing. Why should I do it now? What good would it do? I asked the opinion of my Favorite TOTV'S Doctors and my Primary Doctor. The answers came back the same and I'm GRATEFUL for their KNOWLEDGE and decided to follow their DIRECTION. Not the direction of the armchair and political Jr. WebMD doctors. I don't care about anybody's thoughts unless they are a Professional.

I can tell you that when you have lost several people to the Virus (DEAD) that you knew from your old Hometown and people that you are close within the Villages got infected but didn't pass (ALIVE) it certainly makes it real. The people we are close with in The Villages reported that they tested positive and for some reason, it absolutely froze me up for about 3 weeks. I couldn't believe that they got it. I didn't pry and didn't preach. I froze up. It was a couple of really rough weeks. I didn't feel like even talking which is not like me.

This is a Community of Adults. Some have been Blessed with Patience and others haven't. What's the big deal about a little anxiety and depression and staying home for another 6 to 12 months and then living a full life again? For the life of me, I can't see why its an emergency to risk your very life to go to the Square or Disney or whatever.

I wish everyone well and even though I strenuously disagree with the early trajectory towards returning to the old days I respect that they have a choice to make. I just hope their choice doesn't get me or mine sick.

Our kids have decided to keep their children home from school for the rest of this year and I'm thrilled about the conclusion they came to. Financially it ain't easy. They just each just bought new houses but put the kids first not the almighty dollar. I blocked their phone $$NUMBERS$$. Just Kidding.

[EdFNJ]

We were at Starbucks having coffee at 5PM which is our usual daily hangout. It was nice HEARING music again despite not liking the groups music genre (DISCO! ) We walked around the block to see what's up after and it was kind of scary. We counted maybe 6-8 masked folks inside the zoo but likely not accurate count. Everyone was dancing (and sitting) mostly in groups mostly next to the others. Worse yet was looking at (not UNexpected) City Fire bar.

The best idea was lots of people sitting around in their golf carts listening and some putting chairs in the street in FRONT of their carts. Nice place to relax and listen safely and no one chased them out. One weird lady was dancing in front of the Van Heusen store and singing-along by herself a block away. At least she was happy. When a GOOD band shows up like Johnny Wild or The Hooligans that may be a bit more interesting wrt the crowd.

[tvbound]

It feels like we're living and watching a slow-motion Jonestown.