Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 271045)

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Then I read the part that tells what the Gray Owls really do.

These guys meet someplace and carpool to a Hooters somewhere. But hey, who’s to say that they are not discussing great ideas while they are there.

Boomer the Assumer

Originally Posted by otherbruddaDarrell (Post 271070)

Solution to the culture problem.......................if you don't like what TV has to offer then don't buy here. Problem solved.

Originally Posted by uujudy (Post 271081)

Three Dimensional Art?

Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 270927)

IMHO - I am a native New Yorker, (Westchester County, not the city) who lived within driving distance of everything the city has to offer, (plays, museums) which some people consider to be culture in it's highest form.
I have visited the Statue of Liberty once and have been to the Empire Sate Building twice. I would be willing to say that a great majority of New Yorkers don't go to these cultured events as frequently as they claim but go home after a hard days work and watch television. It's nice to know that it is readily accessible. There is a vibrancy to the city in terms of having many places to visit if one has enough money to party seven nights a week. If someone moved away from this type of culture, a vacation to New York where they could attend as many of these functions as possible would be a way to look at it. My impression is that people in other parts of the country have taken vacations to see broadway plays, etc. that most New Yorkers have.
They only culture I care about is living in a place where the people are nice and willing to help others. Where there main goal in life is to stay healthy and happy and share their lives with people they care about.
To each his/her own.

People are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 271082)

Other Brudda, we have a rich culture here, one that is steeped in information gathered over years of living, traveling, raising kids, working at our careers, doing our best, sometimes failing, crying, learning, forgiving and a LOT of laughter. I think that the culture here is one of great socialization and that the people who move here do not wish to live alone.

I think the culture here is hugely educated, many in formal academic settings and many in the school of life. We have a lot to learn from each other and a lot to share. We haven't reached the age of entry without forming some very solid and very stubborn ideas about things and we know enough to give each other a little room on issues.

I think we know how to drink tea and Manhattans, and even if we didn't grow up in Manhattan, we carry with us our culture, our background, our geographic origins. We are a diverse group, yet very similar. We have lived long enough to have learned a lot, seen a lot and forgotten a lot.. on purpose.

This is a perfect place and a perfect culture for me. A culture of new beginnings.

Originally Posted by zcaveman (Post 271097)

There is a club here called "Eating in the Raw". Can you imagine my embarrassment when I found it was raw vegetables they were talking about?

Originally Posted by whitevibe (Post 470441)

Is there a chance perhaps of any form of classical, or fusion jazz, piano, instrumental, non-lyrical, unobtrusive, inspiring, uplifting, meditative, peaceful, patriotic, in other words any type of real music other than 'top 40's', would come across those speakers everywhere in town square land? What an environmental upgrade that would be to have some vestige of classy audio, not to mention another attractive enticement to potential future residents. If not, maybe after construction ceases, a poll could be taken for each square for surrounding residents to decide on a particular format or even a variety? On the visual and maintenance side of things, so glad to see more and more empire zoysia instead of floratam, a huge draw for us prospective types.

Originally Posted by whitevibe (Post 470441)

Is there a chance perhaps of any form of classical, or fusion jazz, piano, instrumental, non-lyrical, unobtrusive, inspiring, uplifting, meditative, peaceful, patriotic, in other words any type of real music other than 'top 40's', would come across those speakers everywhere in town square land? What an environmental upgrade that would be to have some vestige of classy audio, not to mention another attractive enticement to potential future residents. If not, maybe after construction ceases, a poll could be taken for each square for surrounding residents to decide on a particular format or even a variety? On the visual and maintenance side of things, so glad to see more and more empire zoysia instead of floratam, a huge draw for us prospective types.

Originally Posted by whitevibe (Post 470441)

Is there a chance perhaps of any form of classical, or fusion jazz, piano, instrumental, non-lyrical, unobtrusive, inspiring, uplifting, meditative, peaceful, patriotic, in other words any type of real music other than 'top 40's', would come across those speakers everywhere in town square land? What an environmental upgrade that would be to have some vestige of classy audio, not to mention another attractive enticement to potential future residents. If not, maybe after construction ceases, a poll could be taken for each square for surrounding residents to decide on a particular format or even a variety? On the visual and maintenance side of things, so glad to see more and more empire zoysia instead of floratam, a huge draw for us prospective types.