[Bjeanj]

Baby Boomers Turn The Villages Into America’s Fastest-Growing Metro Area

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by Bjeanj

Baby Boomers Turn The Villages Into America’s Fastest-Growing Metro Area

Loved this quote from "John": "You've got the biggest population of Karens!"
He must read this forum.

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

Loved this quote from "John": "You've got the biggest population of Karens!"
He must read this forum.

"I (the author) left Los Angeles in part to escape the Karens, not invite them to surveil me by golf cart, fine me, and critique my front yard in the newspaper."

Oh boy that's going to hurt.

[PugMom]

the UK Daily Mail on Sunday had a front page article on us. if you can find it online, it makes a good read

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by rustyp

"I (the author) left Los Angeles in part to escape the Karens, not invite them to surveil me by golf cart, fine me, and critique my front yard in the newspaper."

Oh boy that's going to hurt.

Other than that snarky comment, not a bad article.

Would have been interesting if he spent some time with Don Wiley.

[HIgolfers]

Pretty even- handed article.

[Tustin714]

Originally Posted by HIgolfers

Pretty even- handed article.

I'd agree it's fairly even-handed, but its failure to criticize Some Kind of Heaven as a misguided hatchet job was an omission. Also, thanks PugMom for mentioning the Daily Mail article -- I'll see if I can find that.

[frayedends]

You're telling me it's fuzzy dice? No wonder my loofas haven't been getting me any action.

[tophcfa]

I’ve grown so tired of the constant hit job articles on the Villages, it is refreshing to finally read something that appears to attempt an objective view without a preconceived agenda. Also, I enjoyed the endless weekend analogy. Thanks for posting the link.

[mntlblok]

Originally Posted by Tustin714

I'd agree it's fairly even-handed, but its failure to criticize Some Kind of Heaven as a misguided hatchet job was an omission. Also, thanks PugMom for mentioning the Daily Mail article -- I'll see if I can find that.

Kinda thought he *did* criticize it. As to the unusual "balance" shown, it does come from a publication called "Reason". 😄

[LuvNH]

Originally Posted by PugMom

the UK Daily Mail on Sunday had a front page article on us. if you can find it online, it makes a good read

I found it and read it. Then I read through "Some kind of Heaven", where do they find these people to interview. I've been here almost 20 years and never met people like that.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by PugMom

the UK Daily Mail on Sunday had a front page article on us. if you can find it online, it makes a good read

Don’t look to the Daily Mail for truth or fairness or accuracy. I think that’s the rag that trumpeted The Villages falsely as a hotbed of venereal disease because it sold papers.

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Other than that snarky comment, not a bad article.

Would have been interesting if he spent some time with Don Wiley.

Not a “snarky comment”…pretty much the truth from our experience the two years we’ve been here. Y’all just can’t leave others be…

[kitnhead]

Originally Posted by frayedends

You're telling me it's fuzzy dice? No wonder my loofas haven't been getting me any action.

THIS!!! We think a like. Whenever I get “so, you know what they do in The Villages? (Wink)”. My answer is “sure, that’s why I moved there “. The look of horror is so worth it 😂

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Bjeanj

Baby Boomers Turn The Villages Into America’s Fastest-Growing Metro Area

Thanks. That’s a fair and well-written article. Nice to see.