The fastest growing metro area in the country is The Villages, a retirement community just north of Orlando, Florida. The Villages is hated by the left with a passion. Why?
The Villages is a major contributor to the Republican party, and is a reliable source of both votes and campaign contributions. This can’t stand, so of course the left is going to target the area, claiming that the community isn’t diverse enough. So they claim that many retirees aren’t racist like those evil conservatives in The Villages:
They recognize that ageism will not be defeated by a retreat to age-segregated corners, but only by engagement, collaboration and dialogue across age, race and class divides.
I’ve been to The Villages. The people there are active, with many retirees out running, biking, and swimming. The fact that people are out living healthy, happy lives without some lefty busybody out there controlling every facet of it just pisses them off.
Clearly, The Villages residents must find meaning and joy in their lives. But many of us feel a need for more — sharing a thirst for new ways to learn, work, serve and transform our later years. We want to live in diverse, multi-generational communities, remain engaged and contribute to a better future for the generations ahead.
Whatever.
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TechieDude · January 18, 2022 at 8:55 am
“We want to live in diverse, multi-generational communities, remain engaged and contribute to a better future for the generations ahead.”
Ahhhh…FFS..then go do it. These people want to live amongst those like them.
You want vibrancy? You know, where there are kids, many being raised by grandparents? There are many neighborhoods. They come at a cost.
All fun and games until someone brains you as you amble down the street causing you to break a hip.
Jonathan · January 18, 2022 at 12:53 pm
Exactly, if you want to live somewhere else, then move!
DMLMD · January 18, 2022 at 10:14 pm
People tend to stratify themselves – economically (I’m sure no one plunking down >$250K wishes there were more trailers and row houses in their neighborhood) and socially. What a surprise that a ‘golf art community’ w seemingly more carts than cars is largely white. It isn’t right nor wrong. It just is.
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