Originally Posted by anlashokna (Post 487545)

Hi

Just thought a 37 year old would post and let you know I'm living in TV and not a hoodlum :) Don't smoke, do drugs or have tats. :) I'm staying with my mother while my father is working the year in another state. Looking after her and making her feel safe in a new place. So nope not all of us are here for free rides or criminal activity. Have an AS and BA and actually looking for a new job since I just got here so if anyone knows of good job sites would love the info. :angel:

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 487548)

Welcome to The Villages and a part of our 20%.
Good luck on the job search.

Originally Posted by buggyone (Post 487567)

BogieShooter - you do not understand. Federal law says 20% of HOMEOWNERS can be under 55 years old. If a person 19 years old or more is living with a Village resident who is 55 or older, there is no time limit on the length they can live there. Those people are NOT part of the 20% of homeowners who are under age 55.

Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida (Post 407369)

I am probably going to stir up a hornet's nest here but I am wondering how my fellow Villagers feel about the rash of crimes being committed by younger Villages residents. It seems that the police blotter now reports crimes on a regular basis where the perpetrators are residents, in their 20s. Somehow I don't see The Villages as a place where I should have to worry about unsavory young people being "among us" and possibly living next door. Before I get too many negative comments I will state that I see listed a number of older Villagers involved in criminal acts, also. No place is perfect. I get that. BUT, does anyone else feel that allowing anyone over "19" to live here is in our best interests? I understand that there may be some kids in their 20s who enjoy living with a bunch of seniors. Most kids I know would want no part of that on a regular basis. This is an "over 55" community and I know that younger folks can buy and live here. I have no problem with anyone over 45 buying a home and living here. The Morses made the rules that allow these kids to live here but I sure would like to see it changed to exclude them, except in the case of a disabled child who needs parental care. I liked living in my little "oasis", insulated from the fear and crime that is rampant in so many areas around us. Reading the police blotter these days has shaken my feelings of peace and security. Somehow, it all didn't matter quite so much when the criminals lived in Wildwood or Leesburg.

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 487740)

so everyone should leave the villages since there have been just as many over 45s on that blotter as there have been 'younguns', your feelings of peace should shake a little more since any of your neighbors could be 'criminals', age doesn't matter when it comes to crime.

Originally Posted by Pturner (Post 407732)

Chief X,
Excellent points, well taken.

At the same time, I agree with VillagesFlorida's initial comment. I think LindaK nailed OP's point when she said that many of the adult children living here in their 20's-30's are "problem children that the parents had to bring with them," and that family-friendly neighborhoods would be better equipped to assimilate them. TV was planned and designed as a 55+ community and does not have the appropriate infrastructure and support systems to adequately accommodate 20-somethings, let alone problem ones who need more, not fewer, social support systems.