[graciegirl]

Now everyone, remember that I didn't say these things.(Houses being of poor quality, decorating in centers being tacky) I was repeating what I had heard and was asking for clarification. I have certainly learned a lot and reaffirmed what I knew about human nature. I.E. When you love something or someone you tend to be a little defensive. I find that VERY reassuring about a place I hope to call home one of these days.

[Muncle]

Originally Posted by gfmucci

Muncle, can you post a similar article updated to April 10, 2008?

Sure.

It Takes a Village

Equal parts Aldous Huxley and Walt Disney, Gary Morse's brave new world vision puts lots of hyper in active adult.

VILLAGE PEOPLE: Immigration at a rate like nowhere else in the nation is what makes The Villages an off-the-charts active adult phenomenon, where amenities rule.

Source: BIG BUILDER Magazine
Publication date: April 10, 2008


By Theresa Burney


ROSELYN AND BOB GRIBBLE REALIZED JUST HOW much control The Villages developer has over this Central Florida community when they went shopping at the local furniture store a year ago.

shortened to save space. to read the rest, refer to earlier dated article above.

[chelsea24]

Our house is beautifully and well built. Hey, I'm a bricklayer/contractor's kid so I do know what to look for. And as for the rec centers, one just keeps topping the previous. They are all beautiful. Different themes. My girlfriends is a decorator and she came down here and was walking around in awe. She had to visit them all from the oldest to the newest and seem if she could grab some ideas for Illinois. I can't say enough about TV. Defensive? No. Just the truth.

[Muncle]

Tacky is totally a personal taste thing. The decor in the local rec centers is generally very understated. They're all somewhat unique, but are designed more for functionality, i.e., meetings, billiards, cards, small-scale food. The bigger places are more elaborate and each has a fairly unique motif. Of the new ones, Miona is very nautical while Colony Cottage is, uh, well, mmm, kinda like a Cracker Barrel designer went nuts. Okay, unfair. I've only seen the place twice. The decor is foo foo in the extreme, lots of lacy stuff, but once you get over the saccharine rush, it's really neat. I actually like it a lot, though I would hate to be responsible for keeping it clean. And I love the long stairway to the faux second floor. (I will be directing someone up those stairs to a meeting in the 2nd floor conference room, but then y'all know I can be a jerk.)

Like the decor in each Country Club is unique and appeals to different people, the same can be said of the Rec Centers and, for that matter, the town squares. And none may appeal to some people. That's fine. If someone finds the decor tacky, the developer snobbish and off-putting, the governmental structure less than they desire, the golf courses and bowling alleys too crowded, the restaurants inferior and/or overpriced, the covenants too restrictive, or the construction too inferior, the highway they came in on has two lanes. TV is not for everyone and thank God we live in a society that allows us the choice.

[graciegirl]

Giggle, cough, pursing of lips...........Not defensive Huh? You all LOVE the place and you don't LIKE the slightest bit of criticism. I don't want to go down the highway the other way. I think I want to live there with you. I just wanted to know. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. I will be there on Monday with my husband (aka Sweetie) and my daughter, who lives with us and will be living with us there. HOPEFULLY, if you don't find us all...Tacky.

[Muncle]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Giggle, cough, pursing of lips...........Not defensive Huh? You all LOVE the place and you don't LIKE the slightest bit of criticism. I don't want to go down the highway the other way. I think I want to live there with you. I just wanted to know. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. I will be there on Monday with my husband (aka Sweetie) and my daughter, who lives with us and will be living with us there. HOPEFULLY, if you don't find us all...Tacky.

These posts have hardly been defensive. Yes, the majority of people who live here like it, most of them a lot. It would be totally asinine to feel otherwise. There may be a lot of reasons why one wouldn't like it, but not many for not liking it and still living here. Yes, there are warts, and almost everyone will admit it. But my wart is another person's beauty mark. (That's a disgusting image :: ) To each his own. But if a person finds the place to be unsatisfactory, then that person is an idiot to move here. And I for one would hate to have that person as a neighbor. When one does not have a choice as to where they must live, they have to put up with :edit:. When they have a choice, and they find what they consider to be :edit: then for their own sake as well as everyone else involved, they need to grab that outbound lane.

I think I speak for many of the folks here when I say that we think you'll be very pleasantly surprised with TV and the more of it you experience, the more you will want to move here. And if that is the case, all here will be very happy for you and will welcome you to our community with open arms.

Muncle thank you so much for the history. Everything you have said about the development Not tacky! Everything and everbody is just comfortable --like a old pair of shoes. We left Palm Springs, Calif. to live here and if you asked me five years ago if I would move to Fl. and even worse Cental Florida we would have both laughed. This was a love affair at first sight! to all!! See for yourself what we are talking about.

[gfmucci]

Originally Posted by Muncle

Sure. [color=maroon][i]It Takes a Village Equal parts Aldous Huxley and Walt Disney, Gary Morse's brave new world vision puts lots of hyper in active adult. VILLAGE PEOPLE: Immigration at a rate like nowhere else in the nation is what makes The Villages an off-the-charts active adult phenomenon, where amenities rule. Source: BIG BUILDER Magazine
Publication date: April 10, 2008

By Theresa Burney [/b]

Thanks, Muncle...exactly what I was looking for. :joke:

[gfmucci]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Now everyone, remember that I didn't say these things.(Houses being of poor quality, decorating in centers being tacky) I was repeating what I had heard and was asking for clarification.

The "how tacky" was a quote from you, not your friend, unless that was a slip of the computer keys.

"(I don't know. Never saw them. How tacky? I don't have to worry about showing Aunt Mildred, she's gone!)"

[graciegirl]

Oh for Petes sake!

[len1101]

The developers, (the Morse brothers) Grew up in Northern Michigan. Torch Lake-Petoskey area. Their Sister still lives there. Any visitors to that area may remember Brownwood Acres.
That is part of the Morse family (sister). If you are lucky, you can get a ride on the yacht that is usually docked at Charlevoix, Mi. It was their money that started this place.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Giggle, cough, pursing of lips...........Not defensive Huh? You all LOVE the place and you don't LIKE the slightest bit of criticism.

Whoa now Gracie .... starting a topic entitled "What is there to know about the Developers? Haven't heard much good" is surely taking an adversarial approach. I think you are purposely trying to stir the pot, not sure why. :dontknow:

We residents of TV are just a bunch of happy people having a great time. :bigthumbsup:

[graciegirl]

I truly did not mean to be adversarial. We had stopped by The Villages for 24 hours in January when we went to Ft. Myers to get together with a group of friends who graduated high school in '57. We were invited to a friends home in Poinciana. They were very pleased with The Villages. WE thought their house was lovely. Their enthusiasm was contagious. They drove us around and we had dinner at a restaurant in Orange Blossom where there was Karaoke. We thought it was so much fun. It was lovely to be surrounded by like people.

When I mentioned to other friends in Florida that a move to the Villages might be in our future, I heard some negative stuff. I repeated it here in the Forum yesterday.Many of you have told me I had obviously been misinformed.

I have spent my life as a teacher. It was my job to correct erroneous information. I have never seen the harm in asking anything or being asked anything. I am the least confrontational person I know. I am inquisitive, I like researching things, I like a good value for my money.

I want to apologize to all of you. I didn't really mean to "stir things up".

[Just Susan]

Thanks for the research Muncle. I found it to be really interesting.

[Barefoot]

Graciegirl

I hope you'll join us at Crispers for the TOTV April 18 luncheon. You will be most welcome!