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Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1086086)

having grown up in the bronx I was more used to people waving with 1/5th of their hand....it is the first thing I loved about tv and still enjoy doing (with the whole hand)

In Boston, it was the salute you note, along with a blaring horn.

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Originally Posted by Brendanyc (Post 1086075)

Bonny I fully agree with you. We have been vacationing in the villages since 2010 and now are full time residents. We are from NYC where no one speaks to anyone and the pace is so fast that people pass you in a flash. My first recollection of TV was my husband and I driving around and residents were waving at us. My husband said "I think something is wrong with our car. All these people are waving us down". lol... duhhh We soon found out they were just being who they are "friendly and social".
All I have to say is... keep on waving... show renters who may soon could possibly be soon to be residents all TV has to offer. They will soon understand, as we soon did, that TV is the greatest place to live where your neighbors will become some of your most trusted and wonderful friends you could ever imagine.

Hi Brendanyc: I was reared in and around syracuse. I moved to various states with my company and at one point they asked me to do go back to syracuse. I conducted a lot of business in New York City area.

Your above-stated comments illustrate the function of "frames of reference" as a basis for one's viewpoint. While waiting for my ride at Kennedy airport I asked a man for the time. He never looked at me picked up three pieces of luggage and moved some 25 feet away from me. I decided to test my theory and upon returning to syracuse and waiting for my wife I noticed that the people in syracuse would talk your ear off.

My point is that after living in New York city I can see why you would be overwhelmed here. I lived In Iowa where everyone waved and Minneapolis again friendly even Memphis people were friendlier

When we visited TV in July 2013....some people waved, some people smiled, some people spoke to us, some people gave directions.....

Not all...but some...just like in every other community. We live in a town of about 6000 people. Some people are friendly....some are not.

We have traveled all over the world....and it is my experience that people are pretty much the same everywhere you go. If you are friendly...most people will respond. So I try to make it a point to smile and if i am in line at the grocery store...to speak to those around me. Even if others are not friendly back...I feel better because I know I was friendly.

We found TV to be friendly...pristine....and convenient. It is very different from the rural area we live in...and when and if we ever get there...we will certainly have some adjustments to make. To us...a 30 minute drive to get to a store...or to go out to eat...is a normal drive. I cannot say TV has changed for better or worse....i can say....sometimes it is our perspective that has changed...and sometimes we forget what it was that made us happy in the first place. No place is perfect....and change is inevitable.....but TV looks like a pretty terrific place to me and those of you that live there are pretty darn lucky!

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Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1086086)

having grown up in the bronx I was more used to people waving with 1/5th of their hand....it is the first thing I loved about tv and still enjoy doing (with the whole hand)

:1rotfl:

I' sure with the expansion of TV, it may seem to some, that a sense of community is lacking but I think, it's a pretty friendly town.

I was born in a city of 150,000 population and TV, is about the same size. I find it much easier to make friends in TV, than in other places I lived. Almost everyone, does not have a personal agenda, like when they were working.

I think most people while they were working usually came home exhausted and did not bother too much, with their neighbors. At least, that has been my experience.

Like the book title says, "half of the world is waiting for the other half, to say hello".

To make a friend, you need to be a friend!

I wave about 1/5 of the time (full hand, not a Bronx wave). My bride waves all the time............sometimes with both hands!!! So on average, I think our household is friendly.