| mickey100 |
04-05-2016 04:52 AM |
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Originally Posted by outlaw
(Post 1204119)
I was raised to embrace differing viewpoints, not try to silence them. I feel sorry for all of the spouses and children of the folks who are always finding fault with others' posts.
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:BigApplause: I agree, but it's always the same few who put down those who might find something about The Villages less than perfect. We know who they are and we've learned to ignore them.
Many people I've spoken to have said the same thing about the growth. It is a two sided coin. There is an increase in the number of doctors we have now, a few more grocery stores, a few more restaurants although nothing outstanding, the performing art center, but this all comes at the expense of increased traffic congestion, more people using the facilities which haven't kept pace with the growth, poor golf course conditions related to high useage, etc. When we first moved here, The Villages had a small town villages feel to it. Now we have become a city of larger proportions, and that small town feel is rapidly disappearing. That isn't necessarily bad, but it is different, and not what everyone signed on for. In our case, we've decided the positives outweigh the negatives for now, but we keep our eyes open in case we see other retirement communities that might be more appealing. Retirement communities are popping up all over the country in response to the baby boomers retiring, and there are some interesting concepts being played out. |
