Thread: News: 'Villages' Retirement Home is Widower's Sex Paradise

Ok..... I have decided I can't keep digging on all the old people in Florida. To make the news even more disturbing, imagine one of YOUR grandparents being in this place.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html

And I'm still laughing

'Villages' Retirement Home is Widower's Sex Paradise

Lady LAKE, Fla. — It's 11 p.m. at the Bourbon Street Bar, and Roselyn's gyrating her hips to the blues band, Sue's sipping a cocktail and flirting with her new boyfriend, and Alan is scanning the crowd for cute girls.

"See those two?" a buxom blonde asks, pointing to an elegant couple at the bar. "They were caught having sex in their golf cart a few weeks ago. It happens a lot!"

Welcome to ground zero for geriatrics who are seriously getting it on.

It's a Thursday night at one of a half-dozen hot spots at the 20,000-acre Central Florida complex called The Villages, the largest gated retirement community in America — and one of the most popular destinations for New Yorkers in their golden years — where the female-to-male ratio runs 10 to 1.

It's a widower's paradise, and the word on the street is that there's a big black market for Viagra.

Though The Villages — which spans three counties with 40,000 homes and more than 70,000 residents — boasts 34 golf courses, nine country clubs, two downtown squares and a slew of restaurants and bars, getting lucky is one of the residents' primary pastimes.

The huge complex began growing rapidly in the mid-1990s, and reported cases of gonorrhea rocketed from 152 to 245, of syphilis rose from 17 to 33, and of chlamydia from 52 to 115 among those 55 and older in Florida from 1995 to 2005.

The state's sexually transmitted disease rate among those over 65 is one of the fastest growing in the country, one report claims.

In 2006, a local gynecologist reported that she treated more cases of herpes and human papillomavirus at The Villages than she did when she worked in Miami.

"I get offers for sex all the time," brags Dave, 70, who, like others who spoke about their sexually active set, asked that his real name not be used, "especially by women in their 70s. They say, 'Are you busy tonight? I'll show you a good time.' "

One overly charming lady-killer known as "Mr. Midnight" boasted of one of his conquests last year: "Absolutely beautiful. I've had her a few times. She comes over, takes a shower, jumps in bed, and then gets dressed and leaves. She's simply the best."

His story was told by Andrew Blechman, author of "Leisureville," about communities like The Villages.

"There is lots of romance around here," said Jean, a 63-year-old retired teacher. "But most of the men want a one-night meaningful relationship."

Her friend Louise agrees.

"A lot of the men down here are cheaper than heck," she says, "and a lot of the women are extremely brazen. Some girls will go into the parking lot with a man and come back a half-hour later like nothing happened!"

"We've had some of those complaints," said a laughing Lt. Laurie Davis of the Lady Lake Police Department, ticking off other offenses, like drunken driving in golf carts, illegal drug use, and bar fights.

"Whatever you know about 20-year-olds, it's the same with seniors," said Roselyn Shelley, 68, a divorced former dancer.

Sue Rice, a blonde who will only admit to being over 60 but who looks to be about 80 and dances like she's 14, has hooked up with Larry Tucker, an ex-banker about a decade her junior.

Tucker sports a gold charm around his neck that reads, "Bankers do it with interest."

"Feel this," Rice says, bouncing up from her bar stool and pinching her slim waist. "My body is the same as it was in high school! He can't keep up with me!"

According to Alan, a swarthy 62-year-old, there's a thriving black market for little blue Viagra pills.

"I did it once," he said. "I paid 12 bucks for a single pill."

Local cops just try to keep up.

"You see two 70-year-olds with canes fighting over a woman and you think, 'Oh, jeez,' " Lt. Davis said.

Old people need lovin' too :P.

So how many of you are retiring there when you hit your golden years?

There are so many funny quotes in there, for example......

"But most of the men want a one-night meaningful relationship."

can you imagine the scandal at thanksgiving gatherings.... "grandpa has what? how'd he get it? don't you have to.... oh my!"

Oh gawd, the images are burning my brain! Erase, erase!

Oh, *now* I get what Laggy meant about his volunteer "service" for seniors...

Hmm. Interesting.

Now for the real story.

The Villages is probably the largest retirement community in the nation. They now have their own zip cope, city government, fire department, police department, hospital, etc, etc, etc. Located about 40 minutes from Ocala, the population of this community now exceeds most cities. Numbering in the hundreds of thousands, not a far cry from a cool million at this point, the citizens of this community typically drive around in electric golf carts (made to resemble just about any motor vehicle ever made) in an effort to cut down on emission pollution. Everything a person needs to live comfortably can be found in stores located within the boundaries of the community, which is now incorporated. Traveling in any direction will bring you to numerous thriving Floridian communities who are well aware of the money that has been injected to this part of Florida due to this new concept in senior living.

The vast majority of the people who live there, are indeed senior citizens who refuse to go quietly into the night. Many of these people have found new life in the freedom of living amongst people just like themselves. Most (hell, almost all) of these people are VERY well to do. The rules/bylaws of the community are very strictly enforced. People must attain a certain age to even be eligible to be considered for purchasing a property and the home must be one of the designs offered by the community developers. If, while living there, community rules are violated, residents usually get one and only one warning, and then are unceremoniously evicted from their property for breach of contract.


Yeah, there are probably some real old folk living there who think they're 18 again, and want to act like it. But, by and large, this group of people does not even begin to represent the typical residents of these communities. Further, non residents are encouraged to visit the community's restaraunts, bars, dances, etc, which means that some of the people interviewed don't even live there. There is, further, a large group of people who actually frequent The Villages and pose as residents to get certain...shall we say...perks...?



Ok, now. Before any of you start saying, 'That fuckin' MaBell, he thinks he knows everything about everything.' No, I don't. Never have, don't now, never will, never want to anyway.

HOWEVER.

My parents, regardless of my current relationship (or lack thereof) have lived in The Villages (right next to the Nancy Lopez Golf Club) for many years now. I have even gone down many times to stay with them for weekends, or a week at a time and got to see the whole setup there. We're talkin', rich snotty aristocrats that live there. There is most certainly an exception to every rule and this one is no different. But to categorize the whole community as what that article did, is not only irresponsible but also an obvious attempt at discrediting.

Why, you ask?

Simple. The state government, in addition to the local surrounding communities, are not happy that a piece of property that had always existed in the jurisdiction of one or another city government, has now sprouted it's own wings, and all those rich peoples taxes are no longer going to those communities. Instead, they now pay lower taxes and all those taxes now go to maintaining The Villages, which boasts a premier array of community services that no normal civilian community can even begin to compete with. Additionally, these people now have their own representation in state and federal government, which is another sore with politicians.

The story you read, above (provided by Laggy), is an all too well known common occurrence in this communities area. Doesn't anyone find it convenient that they would make the claims of STD's, knowing that there is no way that they can substantiate them, due to privacy laws concerning people's medical history? Please. More STD's than Miami, Florida? Exactly who do they think they are joking?

I've been there. First hand. And, while I may not have any love lost for the rich, snotty, "better than you" people who live there, I, at the same time, do not believe this bullshit for a minute.