Originally Posted by courtyard (Post 1192343)

The Villages to do all lawn mowing for a minimal charge.
Then we wouldn't have multiple trucks on multiple days clogging our streets.
Other retirement communities have this service.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1192357)

Here is my guess why "The Family" hasn't done this. It is very inexpensive to have your lawn mown here, most people I know pay around $40 a month..for a yearly contract. So that means that the kids who do it don't make a LOT of money. However the residents, SOME of the residents are picky...so that if they missed a blade of grass, blew grass clippings into the street or on the drive, came too early or too late or did the slightest thing wrong you would have to pay a plethora of customer service people to answer calls and try to fix real and imagined problems. This way the multiple trucks clogging the streets can have their wives (or husbands) answer the phone before they decide to quit doing this and do something else for a living.


Next?

Originally Posted by courtyard (Post 1192343)

The Villages to do all lawn mowing for a minimal charge.
Then we wouldn't have multiple trucks on multiple days clogging our streets.
Other retirement communities have this service.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1192357)

Here is my guess why "The Family" hasn't done this. It is very inexpensive to have your lawn mown here, most people I know pay around $40 a month..for a yearly contract. So that means that the kids who do it don't make a LOT of money. However the residents, SOME of the residents are picky...so that if they missed a blade of grass, blew grass clippings into the street or on the drive, came too early or too late or did the slightest thing wrong you would have to pay a plethora of customer service people to answer calls and try to fix real and imagined problems. This way the multiple trucks clogging the streets can have their wives (or husbands) answer the phone before they decide to quit doing this and do something else for a living.


Next?

Originally Posted by POCA (Post 1192479)

I would like to see each Rec center recycle glass, plastic and cans. The waste after every party and event is very sad and wasteful.

I would like to see recycling bins st the mail boxes.
Why does the Developer resist these practices that we took for granted from where we came?

Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1192416)

Or maybe "the family" would just ignore the peons and their complaints like they do with everything else.

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1189550)

jim: I happen to agree with you. Unfortunately we don't get to vote on serious issues. The District Survey is something that would be nice if you lived on the Love Boat, or believe you are living on one

It appears , and I may be wrong, but some residents never consider the consequences of the suggestions they put forth, nor the cost. Maybe just maybe those who desire the Developer (VLSI) continue to rule are correct given some of the scary ideas some residents advance this time of year.

Personally I stopped filling the survey out after my second year here

And the beat goes on

Originally Posted by applesoffh (Post 1192682)

we did, too. One year's survey was exactly like the one before and the one after. It would be nice if the paper could post the most requested activities/stores/restaurants, etc. That villagers use as answers. personally, i think they just want us to feel that our opinions count. we've been here for four years, and i don't really think the powers that be care one iota what any of us think.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1192530)

Tell ya what, boo boo, next time you are in a rec center, check out the chairs for the card tables or any table and compare them to your card table chairs or to your Aunt Bessie's or your rich son in law's card table chairs.


This peon doesn't feel ignored. She can go to any pristine pool and bathe, she can drive down limitless cart paths and roads and see beautifully kept vegetation on all sides and go into magnificent rec centers to paint or hang out with friends. She can go to three town centers where the buildings are like out of a painting or a book or a fairy tale. The "family" are not show offs. They don't come and stand on stage at every opportunity and toot their horn. That brings them huge atta boys from the folks from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Throw in Illinois and West Virginia and Tennesee and of course Texas.


Sign me Gracie, a not ignored peon.

Originally Posted by Arubagirl33 (Post 1192824)

Our home is in the Village of Fernandina. We'd like to swim at night, too. If they have four pools in the Historic District that are available in the evenings, why would they've stopped installing lights? Maybe for the same reason the Northern Section has Resort like pools and far nicer Country Clubs, too. I'm 53 & concerned about resale if we don't keep up with our up and coming competition over the next 5 years.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1192530)

Tell ya what, boo boo, next time you are in a rec center, check out the chairs for the card tables or any table and compare them to your card table chairs or to your Aunt Bessie's or your rich son in law's card table chairs.


This peon doesn't feel ignored. She can go to any pristine pool and bathe, she can drive down limitless cart paths and roads and see beautifully kept vegetation on all sides and go into magnificent rec centers to paint or hang out with friends. She can go to three town centers where the buildings are like out of a painting or a book or a fairy tale. The "family" are not show offs. They don't come and stand on stage at every opportunity and toot their horn. That brings them huge atta boys from the folks from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Throw in Illinois and West Virginia and Tennesee and of course Texas.


Sign me Gracie, a not ignored peon.

Originally Posted by obxgal (Post 1192913)

The pool cleaning crews start cleaning pools at dusk and usually finish up around 3 or 4 in the morning, sometimes later. If they stay open later because you want to swim at night, when do you expect to have the pool cleaned?? BTW I've never heard of anyone having a problem with resale, can't see that being a problem even though your only 53.

Originally Posted by JoMar (Post 1193056)

From the view through my knothole, a lot of the responses here would impact the few, not the many and I think the District is looking for global impact. The request for stores is personal choice and your focus should be on getting the stores to look at TV(which they probably have done). Stein Mart chose to be here not because their business development folks did a business plan that showed a profitl Lighted pools impact a small percentage in today's population plus liability laws have changed. Those that feel their choices have been neglected may find that their wants were in the minority. JMO

Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1192226)

The regional Rec centers have free wifi, and if you are a BrightHouse customer I believe you can get free wifi at most of the neighborhood Rec centers. (I know, nothing is "free.")

Originally Posted by Shadow8IA (Post 1193086)

You don't have to have Brighthouse you just need your id number & pin number.

Originally Posted by Arubagirl33 (Post 1192824)

Our home is in the Village of Fernandina. We'd like to swim at night, too. If they have four pools in the Historic District that are available in the evenings, why would they've stopped installing lights? Maybe for the same reason the Northern Section has Resort like pools and far nicer Country Clubs, too. I'm 53 & concerned about resale if we don't keep up with our up and coming competition over the next 5 years.

Originally Posted by Shadow8IA (Post 1193086)

You don't have to have Brighthouse you just need your id number & pin number.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1193221)

If cleaning and maintaining the pools at night is the big issue, how do the lighted pools up north do it?

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 1193424)

Ok, got my survey, went online to TheVillages.net - Login - Email, tee-times, computer support - serving The Villages, Florida and the Tri-county area. and I'll be darned if I can locate and click the icon 2016 Villages Resident Survey. Am I blind? Where is it? Can someone help me?

Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 1193425)

Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1193354)

Please don't question the developer's operations.

Originally Posted by Sable99 (Post 1193200)

I didn't know that! Thank you.


Oops, I just thought of something. I turned in my Resident iD when I rented out my home as a long-term rental. Can I still use my ID number and PIN number to access the internet at the Rec Centers? Just curious. Mom, my aunt and I don't golf. My aunt and I get the $50 passes while we visit TV and get Mom a guest pass.

Originally Posted by dotti105 (Post 1191962)

Hubby and I never roll down our windows either. Placing the pass against the window glass does the trick... you just have to learn how close to pull up next to the sensor and how high or low to place your pass.

Easy Peasy!

Originally Posted by Jima64 (Post 1191831)

As a future resident he has everynright to the survey. As a lot of people also have.

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan (Post 1191881)

I believe there are lighted tennis courts. Why not pickleball & softball?

Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1189470)

:agree:


Seems to be too much of "gimme the free stuff" and let "big brother" wrap me in bubble wrap going around !
I have found most of the past surveys are comprised of leading questions or those that are self serving to the Developer. I would love to see the responses to questions concerning correction of major design errors such as cart traffic south of Hy 466 on Morse Blvd or the need for a cross over tunnel under Morse Blvd at the Hy 466 Morse Blvd gate, or widen the Lake Sumter bridge cart path, or who should pay for the apparent shoddy underpinnings for the island built on swampland in the middle of the Lake Sumter Bridge (note that the lake is privately owned, the road is owned by the county), change the traffic light left turn signals in our major intersections to prohibit turns when the opposing traffic has the green light, etc. Yes, some of these corrections will cost money and who should pay for it, The CDDs, The Developer who originally did the work and assessed all the homeowners under the "bond" scheme, the county governments who happily took over "ownership" of the roads for "free" just as soon as the Developer finished building them, should we build a new special covered/enclosed pool? or a combination of ???. Not easy questions to answer or maybe even fund, so probably nothing will ever be done about these and other major problems.
So, many of the Questions center around our "lifestyle"; how many times do you eat out?, how many times do you golf (who cares, there is a finite number of course available to the whole Villages and already there are a bunch of rules as to usage)?, how many times do you go shopping?, where? what hospital?, etc. All nice statistics for marketing rental space to outside commercial establishments.