[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by ChicagoNative

Pfft, indeed. A wolf in sheeps clothing article that manages to mention every cherry-picked fault, negative stereotype, and even gives a nod to the other hit piece movie about TV, while they try to “white shame” the community about being out of touch with reality.

F the NYT.

Excellent summary.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by Dgodin

One of the most balanced articles I've seen in a while noting both the good and bad. Other recent pieces/films were pure hit jobs.

Ya know, the liberals think "THEY" are center spectrum, so it would appear to be a well-balanced article. To them.

The rest of us that know better, realize they sit at about 3 on a 1-10 scale where Stalin was a 1, Bernie Sanders is a 2, and Milton Friedman was a 10.

[davem4616]

the Times and anyone else can write whatever they wish to about The Villages....they're only interested in a story

I happen to enjoy living here

[Lottoguy]

Spoken by a FOX News lover. LoL

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

Spoken by a FOX News lover. LoL

Which poster? There are so many.

[Ele201]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Darn would have liked to read it but NYT will not get a dime from me.

Nor will they get my email and password!

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

Spoken by a FOX News lover. LoL

spoken like an over the hill 'woke' CNN lover ...lol

[Ele201]

Originally Posted by Fast Freddy

If you want to read this exceedingly long New Yorker opinion, put article title in your search bar and read from a different source. Lots of poor grammer.

You mean grammar?

[HIgolfers]

Originally Posted by denniskathyb

I have hit my FREE limit. No money from me.

It’s attached as a PDF in post number 7.

[Ele201]

Originally Posted by Bonnevie

while you exaggerate, a lot of that is actually true so it was accurate reporting. though I wish the STD thing wasn't mentioned in the article because that was debunked a long time ago.

The New York Times deserves to be sued for stating Villagers get STD’s. It’s outrageous, arrogant, despicable and untrue.

[APovi]

I don't remember talking to the NYT but they (and this comment) describe me exactly
Thank you. . .

[meme5x]

I found the article to be very politically charged. I for one feel very safe here and can go and do what I want without the fear that I feel in my northern home.. I’m “Senager”…a senior who is older but still views life as I did as a teenager.. trying not to be afraid of what lies ahead….

[Cheryl Barrios]

Originally Posted by Karadad

Opinion | At '''the Villages,''' the Party Never Ends for Boomers - The New York Times

Read the article and found that the author is like so many people who complain - too many white people, too many Republicans, too many drunks, not diverse enough. He sprinkles in people are nice and friendly, but is quick to add they'll give you the finger. I don't know the purpose of the article at all. I moved here for a reason. If everything here was the same as my old "home", I wouldn't have left everything and everyone and moved. It has what I want and I love it. When someone thinks they have the right to tell me where I should live and who I should live by, I get angry. If you live here and don't like the community makeup, go live where you want, in a place that has what you want. If I don't want to live by you, I won't buy a home there. If you don't want to live by me or people like me, don't buy a home here. If you want more diversity, go somewhere else. If you want kids surrounding you, go somewhere else. If you want to look at sofas in your front yard or cars up on cement bricks, there are lots of places to go. This is a 55+ community full of people who want to live the life we live, not an experiment in anything goes. Oh, and thanks for the compliment on our yards and the landscaping in The Villages.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

I agree with you 100⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹%
furthermore, have shut down shows on all networks that have gone woke.
Their ratings algorithms can pinpoint when historical viewers tuned out even to the moment a sentence was uttered that offended the viewer. Sort of like the audience walking out of a speech or movie
that hurts them with their advertising revenue streams and will hasten correction in the viewing market.

Not really - since all the people who are "woke" (do people even know what that means or do they just spew the term like vomitus force-fed to them by their master) will congregate and turn it into a box-office smash.

The point of the article is that this community is still occupied by the baby boomers, who came here wanting very specific things, looking for very specific nostalgia, and willing to isolate themselves from anything in the outside world that threatened their vision of their idea of paradise in retirement.

And - that the baby boomers are starting to be replaced by the next generation, which has a different idea of nostalgia (see the whines in other threads on music choices in the squares). Which has an interest in different things (see the whines in other threads about white crosses on lawns and maintaining conservative "christianity" at all costs).. and different idea of paradise (see whines about apartments being built).

Like it or not, the older half of the boomer generation is already in assisted living communities or on their way, if not already dead. The younger half of the generation were at the ground level of new trends, new interests, new perceptions of the world.

I'm in that second half. I was born in 1961, one of the youngest and last years of the boomer generation. I am for diversity, differences, culture, the Arts, progressive political discourse that results in improvements rather than regression to the "good ole days" when women who were raped would either be forced to give birth to their rapist's spawn, or die in a back alley trying to stop the pregnancy, and white men could torture and beat a black boy to death and the police wouldn't even TRY to investigate it until two months later.

My half of the generation loves 50s music too. But we don't love 50's politics. We don't love 50s propaganda. We don't love 50s post-war struggles. We don't love 50s lily white facade of perfection and starched shirts. And we're taking over, and there's really nothing the older half can do about it since as I said - they're already in assisted living, heading there, or dead.

[Wilson02852]

Typical biased based opinion piece by NYT. Instead of spreading article research around to get a broader understanding author focused on one area that supported original brainless thoughts. Even used baseless aged articles (STDs) to support hedonistic headline.