yes. thank you ele, and fdpaq. why do people insist on correcting others spelling and grammar, when we know what they are trying to say? it may be a "I am smarter than you thing? I don't know.

and the original poster, has no clue yet.

Instead of pouring through each post here I’ll just give you my opinion. To begin with, hopefully you don’t take any of the “lack of friendliness” personally. Many people are more inclined to be friendlier to those who are here permanently than they are those who are only here temporarily. That’s nothing against the renter, there is simply more “relationship” potential with an owner: having said that, I also enjoy chatting with those who are only here temporarily. Just yesterday our golf group had a gentleman who is only here for two weeks join our threesome and we had a ball. We even enjoyed lunch with him. He may even golf with us next week before he returns to his home.

I’ve been here seven years and don’t know the names of the people directly across the street from me yet have become close personal friends with a couple who are about ten homes away. Some people click and others don’t. There is no judgement in that. We have become good friends with two people who are only here off and on. They stay in the home right next to us when they are here, which may be for a couple weeks only to be gone then for months, never knowing when they will return, yet none of that makes any difference. We enjoy each other’s company when they’re here. We occasionally share meals with them either at their place or at ours. We occasionally go to church together. We have become close to each other but that’s only because we “click”. It has nothing to do with permanency or ownership. Such is the mysterious happenstance of “friendship”.

Enjoy your time here. Enjoy meeting new people. Enjoy the potential for friendship vs. acquaintanceship. Just know that when the chemistry is there a new friendship will exhibit itself and it will flourish. Keep in mind that some of the people you meet you won’t like and they won’t like you. There are those who you will meet that you will get along with and enjoy occasionally, while there are those with whom you will develop close and personal relationships. Be patient.

Such are the lives of us humans. Never take perceived rejection personally as it’s probably simply “not meant to be”. Enjoy life’s trip. It is a once-in-a-lifetime event and it is meant to be enjoyed and when we are patient it will be enjoyed and shared with others.

It Depends
 

Sometimes renters land in a friendly neighborhood who welcomes renters, sometimes not. My family member who comes occasionally was warmly embraced by her neighbors, and another house she owns is in a neighborhood where the neighbors hate renters. I have renters who live across the street from me, and I knocked on their door to welcome them. Now we hang at my fire pit and gold together.

My suggestion is if you can scope out a neighborhood before you pull the trigger on a property. Find the community’s Facebook group and join that. You will probably get a really good sense of it there.

Because it is possible to keep in touch by various social media and possible to could ask them a question and they give back a VALUABLE fact or opinion. Also, they likely could be back!

There certainly are a lot of stuck-up people in The Villages

I wouldn't exactly call them Stuck Up, more like unfriendly. There is a difference.

Live your life and don't worry about others.🙂

We have some awesome tenants in our neighborhood. It's mostly owner-occupied but there are a decent chunk of rentals. Most of them I don't know at all, some of them I know and get along with fine, and a couple who I would consider "neighbor-friends" - the ones who are invited to each others' driveway parties, visited when we're outside, help out when a hand is needed, know about the cousin having gall bladder surgery, etc.

Most of our owner-occupied residents are terrific as well. Sadly, there's one neighbor who most of us wished WAS a tenant - because that'd mean they'd eventually be outta there. Alas - we're stuck with them for an indefinite period, because they own the house and don't seem interested in moving any time soon.

some people have a dislike for snow birds so that can give you a clue to how they feel about renters. There should be no care if you are a responsible, nice neighbor. There is always worry in any neighborhood with a lot of renters.

The Sports pools are for residents only. NO GUESTS are allowed in them. I think this is what they were referring to. I'm not sure if renters are allowed in them.
SPORTS POOLS
7:00AM – Dusk
Residents Only 30+
These pools have specific
schedules of activities:
Lap swim, water walk, water
exercise programs, water
volleyball, etc. Be sure to
check the sports pool activity
schedule before you go.

:bigbow::bigbow:

Started coming to TV in 07, one can find what event is at each sports pool. Yes anyone with a resident pass can use the sports pools, so a renter, with a resident pass can attend any event at any sports pool. So fine line on resident only pools, you don’t have to be a owner to use them. So your question if renters can use the sports pools is , yes they can. Just pay your landlord for the pass. Our tenants both use sports pools everyday, even when it’s really cold.

Personal opinion here. This might be your imagination. We rented for 3* months and the neighbors we had were wonderful. Even though we moved out if that particular Village I still stay in touch with them. With that said where you are ppl may not want to invest the time knowing you are going to move. But hang in there. The majority of folks here are very nice.

[QUOTE=Velvet;2043661]Renters are considered residents providing the landlord surrendered their amenity property rights I.E. $50. Thus yes a renter can use a sports pool with the proper ID card (not a guest card) and needs be over 30 years old.

It is interesting that the "stuck up" (AKA unfriendly, jerks, selfish, etc. etc.) get so much notice in these discussions.

Something akin to the bad drivers. We all see 'em and complain about 'em, but does anyone actually realize that they get so much notice because of their relative rarity? Sometimes the streets and freeways up at home resembled giant pinball machines: that, with much LESS traffic than is down here.

Golf carts? Well, not many of them in Minnesota, but the principle is the same. I tested it out on a few of my walks lately. On on walk I counted over 150 carts on a four-mile stretch. Precisely TWO were driving in what I perceived to be a reckless or dangerous manner. Were I going with the expectation I'd have gotten from reading these discussions, I would have expected no less than probably twenty times that number. But human nature being what it is, I definitely remembered the two jerks.

To use a colloquialism from where I hail from, they stood out like two t_rds in a punch bowl. But were the t_rds in the majority, I doubt we'd even be discussing them.

I have rented in the past. I liken it to being the new kid in school. Nobody from the 'hood knocked on my door to say "Welcome, Renter", but I had a neighbor with whom I shared an allegiance to a college football team, and that became the nucleus of friendship. We never were invited to their home, but then we never invited them over either. We rented for two seasons in that neighborhood, 4 months and 5 months.
I never felt "unwelcome", but I never felt included. There are a few things that worked against inclusion, and not things that reflect on the neighbors as being unwelcoming.
Part of it is the seasonality. I own now but I am still seasonal, and frankly, my neighbors have been very friendly, but they have relationships with each other that go back years, and they are here year round. That makes it a little slower process to become immersed.
Another issue was COVID. The two years we rented were affected by that, and I don't think even the established neighbors were doing that much socializing. It certainly wasn't a good environment for asking strangers into one's home.
Also, as someone else mentioned, there was a pretty marked age difference. Generally, I suspect renters are more newly retired, maybe just feeling out the idea of snowbirding in general, or TV in particular. The residents of the neighborhood might likely have been doing that very thing a decade ago, and have long since made TV their home.

COVID will eventually normalize, and all of the other factors can be overcome with time, friendliness, and courtesy, but it's a process. It's not so much, IMO that the neighbors don't want to invest in it, as that the renters aren't around long enough to assimilate.