The Villages has a lot of retired LEOs from what I hear - probably the least likely people to draw in an unwarranted situation.

If the Developer(s) supported all kinds of STRs that would be a 180 degree turn from the original vision of TV as a social friendly community of retired neighbors.

So, how did we get from STRs to drawing guns??????

I wasn't encouraging anyone to draw a gun. I was trying to give a visual of how many registered and unregistered guns there are.in Texas and Rural America. My visual obviously failed.

I should have never responded to a poster who stated on this thread that he believes the Villages has one of the highest number of gun owners in the USA. My apologies.

Not to mention the 80/20 rule.

Obviously a rhetorical question

NYC is relevant. Any new laws on STRS can be used as models for our state. Our version will vary, but it may contain similarities of others.

The "Original Vision" of The Villages, was a golf-centric retirement community.

That generation left the station a long time ago.

The Developer is now in the Commercial Real Estate Leasing business, as well as building new homes.

I can surely see a scenario where STR's are prohibited in newly developed areas of the Southern Villages, but there's no motivation whatsoever, for the Developer to be concerned with the folks who already bought homes. Those folks have already been sucked into the program.

You can bet the farm, that in the next year or 2, you'll read about new Deed Restrictions in a new Villages neighborhood, that limit STR's.

There already are a few that seem to prohibit rentals. EDIT: I just noticed that the deed restriction I had found that prohibited rentals was modified to remove that prohibition. It looks like the Developer took the time and effort to *allow* rentals in that particular area.

It would be interesting to know how many deed restrictions are written this way but there is no easy way to find that out.

You're right. The similarities between The Villages and NYC are remarkable.

I know common sense is a rarity on TOTV, but common sense dictates that the Developer will prohibit STR's in the new, more exclusive areas.

Most every HOA in Florida's wealthier communities, prohibit rentals of less than a month. I've had a home in Trinity, FL for 15 years. The HOA prohibits all rentals (of any duration), without approval of the BoD.

Less be realistic, "renters" in general, are "less desirable". The wealthier the neighborhood, the more likely folks are to want to draw a distinction between who they are (the OWNERS) vs the plebes (renters).

Probably right but you never know. Those that pay more for their homes might be more interested in retaining the rights to use those homes as they wish. I can see arguments on both sides.

What I was most surprised about was that a very clear prohibition on rentals was removed. If anyone was wondering which way the Developer might lean, this should make it clear.

Texas didn't even make the top 10...

"The states with the highest gun ownership rates are Montana, Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho, Alaska, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Alabama. The state with the highest gun ownership rate is Montana, with a household firearm ownership rate of 65.7%..."

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