OP also has issues with our diversity. Most of the post contains subtle jabs at our way of life.

I actually have issues with our lack of diversity. But to me, the blame for that lack belongs to the diverse. If we want our Villages to be truly inclusive, then the people who want to be included need to actually move here. I count myself among those diverse people who have moved here and advocate for diversity.

Yes, I'm white, and heterosexual, a woman who identifies as such, with all the appropriate bits. I'm also non-Christian, and non-conservative, and I embrace diversity rather than fear it. It's also why I was adamant about /not/ moving to the Villages unless I could live in an area with less restrictive restrictions than "south of Sumter" has. I like the differences, the creative touches my neighbors add to their yards and their houses. I see no cars on cinder blocks. And a brief talk to a neighbor (or at worst, a call to community standards) usually gets a wayward property back on track in little time, with little effort.

And if the neighbor is someone I know (as opposed to an absentee landlord I've never met) who's out of town for a month, then I'll yank the vines off their house myself.

OBB I totally agree with you on diversity. Everybody who can afford to live here can. There is nothing stopping them. As far as subsidizing people to move here just to say we have diversity, hell no.