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rafichagran Mon 13-Feb-23 12:23:36

I could not live like that.

merlotgran Mon 13-Feb-23 09:49:06

Sounds like my kind of hell but I think I’ll watch it out of curiosity.

A weekend break in a Warner Leisure complex convinced me that hoards of people and canned music are definitely not for me.

LRavenscroft Mon 13-Feb-23 09:46:15

AussieGran59

LRavenscroft

Please could you tell me which Channel this documentary was on? I have been invited to stay with a friend there and would some info before I decide. Many thanks.

I saw it on youtube but if you can’t get it, there’s a huge amount of info if you google Some Kind of Heaven documentary.
Good luck.

Thank you for this. In an odd kind of way my friend at the Villages has changed since she moved there. She is a lot more into all the activities there than I would be. Good for her if she enjoys them, but, having looked at the docu I think I might decline and perhaps visit her for the day instead of stay the week. I am probably too much of an introvert but don't want to offend either.

AussieGran59 Mon 13-Feb-23 09:05:17

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M0nica Mon 13-Feb-23 08:28:10

My skin creeps when i read adverts for British retirement developments, where one of the selling points is living with 'like minded people' - and they are talking about probable no more than 100, max people living together.

This Florida community/ies, sounds like hell on earth.

BlueBelle Mon 13-Feb-23 07:49:42

It would be my worst nightmare, sharing a community with all old people. I like to share with young folks, kids, middle age, everyone but all old no no no how limiting

LRavenscroft Mon 13-Feb-23 07:32:06

Please could you tell me which Channel this documentary was on? I have been invited to stay with a friend there and would some info before I decide. Many thanks.

dotpocka Mon 13-Feb-23 02:08:55

it is trumpland and was the biggest source of covid infections in 3 counties they kept partying well into 2020

dotpocka Mon 13-Feb-23 02:05:42

i live 10 miles from the villages its a local joke /at on time it had the worst std infections in
the state dont know it //anyone remember
a show in the 60s called the prisoner Patrick McGoohan the place fells like it

slate.com/human-interest/2013/07/the-villages-scandals-irs-stds-golf-carts-and-made-up-history.htm

www.the-sun.com/news/4637485/sinister-truth-the-villages-florida-the-bubble/
problem with pc just search it is strange

AussieGran59 Mon 13-Feb-23 01:23:48

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