Originally Posted by youngvillagertobe (Post 2050598)

I am a 24 year old man, single, no kids, work from home and am looking to buy my first house. I would love to live in the Villages and know about the 80/20 rule when it comes to 55+ communities. I am quiet, and old soul, respectful of others and always maintain a clean living space/ yard. What would be the honest reaction to having a young person live next door?

Originally Posted by youngvillagertobe (Post 2050598)

I am a 24 year old man, single, no kids, work from home and am looking to buy my first house. I would love to live in the Villages and know about the 80/20 rule when it comes to 55+ communities. I am quiet, and old soul, respectful of others and always maintain a clean living space/ yard. What would be the honest reaction to having a young person live next door?

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 2051125)

Just my opinion & don’t want to sound mean but if TV start letting anybody in TV that’s under 55 TV will go downhill fast. Young people have little ones & things in TV will go down fast & you think amenities are high now, amenities could double within 2 yrs. Youngvillagertobe, I’m sure you’re a very mature 24 yr. old but that wood open up to many bad doors!

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62 (Post 2050892)

What the heck? I think someone else here might have that drug problem he, himself speaks of. The example of them speeding around a curve and not seeing 3 people walking is crazy....not that it couldn't happen, but don't you think that crazy driver is gonna be an old person, a regular old villager..mixing their many daily drugs with cocktails, speeding home from the square. I see them every night. At least the young one can react faster.
Riddle me this batman...why would you say that?

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2050907)

You wouldn't be allowed in any of the adult pools. They're restricted to 30 and over. Some of the sports clubs also require you to be at least 55 years old to participate in them.

If a 24-year-old single man bought the house next to mine I'd wonder why he'd want to live in a community of people mostly old enough to be his grandparents. I'd probably wonder if it's a creeper, or someone waiting to prey on the elderly. I'd absolutely positively be suspicious.

You asked for honest reactions - that's mine.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2050914)

I'd also be concerned about the possibility that this 24-year-old might choose to not be single after a couple of years, and start raising their family - here in the Villages. With newborn babies who become toddlers, school children - in a community that has one very small playground isolated from pretty much everything.

You might all say "oh that never happens" - but it does. People will take custody of their childrens' children, and raise them in their homes. Most people moved here in part because it is a 55+ community and NOT a family community. Children should be absolutely welcome to visit. They should absolutely not welcome to live here. And in fact - there's an actual rule within the deed restrictions that state that you can't live here if you're under 19.

Unfortunately - there's no way to enforce that. If a 24-year-old buys the house and moves in, and then has a baby, NO ONE will evict them. It won't happen.

It sets up a precedence for a trend. There is nothing stopping this 24-year-old from moving in. There's also nothing stopping him from starting a family a year from now. There's nothing stopping him from inviting his 24-year-old pals to buy and reside in the Villages and start their own families here.

I'd kind of prefer to not see that happen. It takes only one exception to change a rule.

Originally Posted by ex34449 (Post 2050921)

Those 2 posts were not only degrading but bordering on just plain sick. Do you honestly think/feel that way?

Originally Posted by youngvillagertobe (Post 2050598)

I am a 24 year old man, single, no kids, work from home and am looking to buy my first house. I would love to live in the Villages and know about the 80/20 rule when it comes to 55+ communities. I am quiet, and old soul, respectful of others and always maintain a clean living space/ yard. What would be the honest reaction to having a young person live next door?

Originally Posted by ShirleyDeCosta (Post 2051207)

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Originally Posted by daspiva (Post 2051046)

Quite honestly, I moved here as a younger person, still working, etc. You might find your social/ love life to be lacking because you are not in the same place in life as so many seniors are over here in TV. You may feel like a square peg trying to live in a round hole. I wouldn't recommend moving here. Try an outside community, you'll get more home for the money anyway. As to how the neighbors might feel about you? You'll just be the "kid" on the block. But I'm sure that being that there are many more woman than men, you will have MANY cougars hitting on you. LOL!

Originally Posted by Cranford61 (Post 2050745)

That’s a real shame that you have not successfully launched your 26 yo.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2050833)

The "young" thread-starting gentleman may (?) be the most wonderful, polite person in the Americas, for all I or we know. But, the converse is also true - he could be the most DISPICKABLE person in America, for all I or we know. He might (?) be a drug dealer and gang leader looking to start a NEW territory to exploit because of the increased wealth factor of our OLDER community. He could be a "sleeper agent" tied to Russia or China put here to influence cultural acceptance of either of those 2 countries.
.......Yes, it is VERY unlikely that this ONE person is, for example, a drug dealer. I and we can NOT say that he ISN'T. But, "riddle me this" BAT-VILLAGERS........what if statistically 60 to 100 of these "NICE" 25 year-olds moves here. THEN, it is LIKELY that one IS a drug dealer or has some other bad habit. Yes, you might say that, "the samething APPLIES to any group of 55-year-olds. But, no it is NOT the same. For example, a 25 year-old drug dealer or gang member may have been identified as such and put into prison and the FBI would be watching them closely because of their record and why are they keen to be in an OLDER community. By age 55 many criminals may have moderated their behavior and noticed that drug members have a short life-span. Prison may have changed them for the better. To be continued.....

Originally Posted by Woodbear (Post 2051005)

She wants to be with her mother as she struggles with the repercussions of brain cancer, but thanks for your concern.........Bless Your Heart