[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

On the one hand you have some negative comments from a few crotchety old geezers.

On the other hand you have people flooding in here, paying ridiculous prices for homes.

Which message of the two, do you think, is most meaningful to the developers?

What means the most to the developer is how much it is banking in profits. Oh wait, it owns the bank, too!

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

What means the most to the developer is how much it is banking in profits. Oh wait, it owns the bank, too!

True, but, it would appear to me, and this is just my opinion, I know nothing - that the developers are in it for the long run (over 20 years now) many (most?) senior developments I visited before coming here looked 40 years old after 2 or 3 years.

Many (most?) others are in it for a quick buck, and then leave the residents to clean up after them.

Here the dev's put in place a system to turn over control to residents in an orderly manner, and it works well.

Also, I can clearly see improvements that have been made, like wider golf cart paths, wider roads, etc. over the years in each new section they improve from what they learned in the last section.

With all that said, I guess what I see in this thread is a number of people that feel if something isn't perfect, then it is awful. And it is has ANY problems, the the developers are a bunch of crooks.

Maybe the truth is someplace in the middle - the developers are human (I think - maybe shape shifting lizards?) and so are not perfect, but they are doing better than any other senior community I have visited.

Think about the great deal the folks over at Top of the World get. They OWN their homes, they just don't OWN the land they are built on. They have a 100 year lease. Hmmm... really? That doesn't sound like a very good investment - LOL!

[Professor]

Last I knew this was an open forum and no one gets to dictate whether comments are positive or negative by the responders. If you only want to hear what you want to hear, why bother asking for opinions?

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Professor

Last I knew this was an open forum and no one gets to dictate whether comments are positive or negative by the responders. If you only want to hear what you want to hear, why bother asking for opinions?

One: It's called being respectful of the OP's wishes.

Two: It's nice to have positive threads.

Three: You have the option to start your own crabby thread.




(you probably don't understand the NOTHING thread either)

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by FenneyFanatic

There is no place like this anywhere! We should appreciate the developer's hard work, foresight and dedication in creating this beautiful place. I am grateful every morning to be able to spend another day here.

You have always been one of my favorite posters since you landed here.

You seem to get to the point and I agree with you almost all the time. This post is on the money 💴. I can’t and don’t want to imagine our beautiful life being run any other way by anyone else.

Thanks for your post’s FennyFanatic, we could use many more like you on this Fotum.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Professor

Last I knew this was an open forum and no one gets to dictate whether comments are positive or negative by the responders. If you only want to hear what you want to hear, why bother asking for opinions?

It's called common courtesy...

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by GizmoWhiskers

Family dynasty has indeed created the most amazing "bubble" in the country. Leave the bubble and you know you have left.

People are fleeing crap hole states and cities to retire in this amazing family created bubble. Two years ago you had your pick of homes. Not now. Just hope the bubble doesn't burst.

To the people who own one residence and are down here for the long haul, the bubble bursting means nothing.

[Packer Fan]

So I read 7 pages of posts, some very well thought out and nice. A few who don't know what common courtesy is by repecting the request of the OP to be positive. Well, here is my praise-
1. The place is beautiful
2. The weather is great
3. The houses are built for the 55+ crowd on one level and are easy to get around in.
4. Small yards so they are easy to take care of.
5. NO BASEMENTS TO FLOOD. People in Wisconsin all want a basement, and they all pay $15,000 to waterproof them after 20 years. Never understood why people would ever want a pit under their house to get water issues with.
6. Town Squares. WOW, what a great concept.
7. Music every night
8 Dynamic place - Florida retirement haven The Villages rivals San Jose as ‘most dynamic’ metro
9. The pools and rec centers
10. An awesome state with no income taxes
11. Relatively low property taxes
12. An hour from Orlando and 1 1/2 hours to the beach
13. Golf Carts and cart paths
14. Wonderful friendly people.

So you can argue some of this is not created by the Developer, but they had a hand in most if not all of it, except maybe the weather, but they did chose the place to do this, so they get credit.

I really don't understand some people who gripe about it constantly, why not just move somewhere else?

Have a blessed day

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

One: It's called being respectful of the OP's wishes.

Two: It's nice to have positive threads.

Three: You have the option to start your own crabby thread.




(you probably don't understand the NOTHING thread either)

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

It's called common courtesy...

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

So I read 7 pages of posts, some very well thought out and nice. A few who don't know what common courtesy is by repecting the request of the OP to be positive. Well, here is my praise-
1. The place is beautiful
2. The weather is great
3. The houses are built for the 55+ crowd on one level and are easy to get around in.
4. Small yards so they are easy to take care of.
5. NO BASEMENTS TO FLOOD. People in Wisconsin all want a basement, and they all pay $15,000 to waterproof them after 20 years. Never understood why people would ever want a pit under their house to get water issues with.
6. Town Squares. WOW, what a great concept.
7. Music every night
8 Dynamic place - Florida retirement haven The Villages rivals San Jose as ‘most dynamic’ metro
9. The pools and rec centers
10. An awesome state with no income taxes
11. Relatively low property taxes
12. An hour from Orlando and 1 1/2 hours to the beach
13. Golf Carts and cart paths
14. Wonderful friendly people.

So you can argue some of this is not created by the Developer, but they had a hand in most if not all of it, except maybe the weather, but they did chose the place to do this, so they get credit.

I really don't understand some people who gripe about it constantly, why not just move somewhere else?

Have a blessed day

Uh, yup, pretty much sums it up. There are those that just love to hate - and the percentage seems to go up as we age.

[Altavia]

And getting better.

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