The Villages in Florida? - Page 4

eridanus · 07-03-2008, 01:45 PM

Insults removed.

NM.

eridanus · 07-03-2008, 01:49 PM

Jay_Gatsby · 07-03-2008, 03:33 PM

I have no problem with 55+ communities. They're legal, and can enforce reasonable rules regarding their residents. My grandparents all lived in 55+ communities after about age 70. In fact, I'd say those communities contributed in large part to the longevity of their lives.

Yet they often expressed disdain about visiting children who were left unsupervised that created mischief for the permanent residents of their community. My grandfather once went as far as to confiscate an air rifle from a kid who thought it was "fun" to shoot out the street lamps on his block! The kid's parents and grandparents accused him of stealing the rifle and threatened to call the police. He told them to go ahead, as he planned on filing a police report on their kid. The kid's grandparents never said another word to him and the kid never came to visit again. It was a win-win in his book.

playaman · 07-03-2008, 10:50 PM

In about a week DW and I move into a 55+ community.

I'll try it out for six months or so and opine about the experience on this or a similar thread. So far, I've liked what I've seen ... folks are superfriendly, homes are well-maintained, swimming pools and gym are full of people who look like me. There do seem to be a few kids around visiting their grandparents, which in my book is not only OK but the way it should be.

spideyrdpd · 07-04-2008, 05:51 PM

Darn yall removed the insults....

My Sis lives in a 55 n older and I have visted the cematary villages. Its not like they make you join things you dont wish to join. Its nice because they have a theater. They have a library and card rooms. Century villages have pool tables and of course there is the nice pools. Although you dont need to be in an elder commune to have a pool. My place has that too (:
Interestingly many of these places are less expensive then other places. Although I wonder how the costs break down by sq foot costs. My sisters place has been hit hard by the real estate downturn. Places like kings point and century villages have many apartments. Which go for around 100k.
Of course you can always get in the car and visit the beaches and hope for some topless young ladies or men in there speedo's for the ladies.

07-03-2008, 03:33 PM	#63
Jay_Gatsby Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,101	I have no problem with 55+ communities. They're legal, and can enforce reasonable rules regarding their residents. My grandparents all lived in 55+ communities after about age 70. In fact, I'd say those communities contributed in large part to the longevity of their lives. Yet they often expressed disdain about visiting children who were left unsupervised that created mischief for the permanent residents of their community. My grandfather once went as far as to confiscate an air rifle from a kid who thought it was "fun" to shoot out the street lamps on his block! The kid's parents and grandparents accused him of stealing the rifle and threatened to call the police. He told them to go ahead, as he planned on filing a police report on their kid. The kid's grandparents never said another word to him and the kid never came to visit again. It was a win-win in his book. __________________ He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it . . . It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. -- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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eridanus Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,259	Insults removed. NM.

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07-03-2008, 10:50 PM	#64
playaman Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 167	In about a week DW and I move into a 55+ community. I'll try it out for six months or so and opine about the experience on this or a similar thread. So far, I've liked what I've seen ... folks are superfriendly, homes are well-maintained, swimming pools and gym are full of people who look like me. There do seem to be a few kids around visiting their grandparents, which in my book is not only OK but the way it should be.

07-04-2008, 05:51 PM	#65
spideyrdpd Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 322	Darn yall removed the insults.... My Sis lives in a 55 n older and I have visted the cematary villages. Its not like they make you join things you dont wish to join. Its nice because they have a theater. They have a library and card rooms. Century villages have pool tables and of course there is the nice pools. Although you dont need to be in an elder commune to have a pool. My place has that too (: Interestingly many of these places are less expensive then other places. Although I wonder how the costs break down by sq foot costs. My sisters place has been hit hard by the real estate downturn. Places like kings point and century villages have many apartments. Which go for around 100k. Of course you can always get in the car and visit the beaches and hope for some topless young ladies or men in there speedo's for the ladies.

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