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Peter Santenello visits the World's Most Infamous Retirement Community (The Villages, FL)

Posted on 5/18/23 at 12:34 am
Posted by hikingfan
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 12:34 am
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Down in Central Florida is the largest retirement community in the world. The Villages is called everything: from a mega-swingers community to The Truman Show, to an STD superspreader event. Many of the locals call it pure paradise. Join me today to see what everyone's talking about.

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What a fascinating video!
Posted by Zzyzx
Member since Nov 2018
1884 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 12:51 am to
Watched this last week.

I’ve never wanted to pack my bags and move somewhere faster. Looks like heaven on earth
Posted by BK Lounge
Member since Nov 2021
3447 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 12:54 am to
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I’ve never wanted to pack my bags and move somewhere faster. Looks like heaven on earth



I guess, if ur into geriatric, post-menopausal women … Then you can have ‘em .


I didn’t click the link but i did see an article a few weeks back about the Villages, which id heard long ago was the STD capital of the US- but this article said that people advertise their various ‘kinks’ and ‘lifestyles’ via whichever color loofah sponge they attach to the antenna of their golf cart.. i guess if i were an 85 yr old guy hunting for a 60 yr old ‘younger’ woman, that wouldnt be so bad .
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 6:05 am to
His videos are pretty interesting.
Posted by AZBadgerFan
Scottsdale, AZ
Member since May 2013
1530 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 6:24 am to
Saw that video and that place is massive and has everything. The woman doing the ride along with Santenello denied the swinger stuff but said it's possible there was some of it going on.

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His videos are pretty interesting.


Santenello and Mark Laita (Soft White Underbelly) are two of my favorite follows on YouTube. Laita recently released this interview with a man who had an encounter with John Wayne Gacy as a kid and was able to escape. In the interview the guy states that a Chicago cop told him Gacy frequented vacation areas like the Wisconsin Dells and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin looking for young boys, who were vacationing with their families. To this day my brother, who is not prone to hyperbole, swears Gacy approached him at an amusement park in Gurnee, IL as he and I were running in the parking lot to catch the charter bus back to Madison after winning a trip to the park selling newspaper subscriptions. The guy stopped him but I yelled to my brother we had to hustle to catch the bus. This would have happened in '74 or '75, which lines up with Gacy's timeline. I vaguely recollect it. Interesting interview.

John Wayne Gacy survivor interview
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Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17138 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 7:14 am to
My friends father lives there. It’s everything the videos describe and then some
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10931 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 8:04 am to
The “bubble” is right and nothing wrong with that.

Driving a golf cart around to eat cheeseburgers and play golf every day in perfect weather most of the time. Count me in.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119158 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 8:21 am to
Ran into a couple who lived there on a cruise, and he described it exactly like this video. Main mode of transportation is golf carts, they have restaurants, shopping, entertainment, all a golf cart ride away. Sounds great if you are okay with close neighbors.
Posted by CarrolltonTiger
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2005
50291 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 8:28 am to
They don't know how to party, Orleans Parish has an STD rate 17 to 20 times higher than those Villages.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69088 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 8:55 am to
This guy makes GREAT VIDEOS.

Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg
Amish in Pennsylvania
Gang bangers in LA
Indians on reservations all over country
Inner City Detroit

Posted by Allyn McKeen
Key West, FL
Member since Jun 2012
4280 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:22 am to
I live in The Villages, and I wouldn’t think of living any other place. If you love golf, it is the place to be. We rotate 13 different courses with 3 more soon to open, and most of the courses are very good. Most people play the executive courses because they are free, but I stick to the championship courses. There are over 3 million rounds a year played down here.

If you aren’t in to golf, The Villages probably has something for you from dragon boat clubs to softball. Gym membership is free, the health care is good, and this place goes out of its way to keep you active which keeps you young. I played golf with an 89 year old the other day who shot a 74. His secret to a good life is that his g/f cannot show up before 5 and has to go home by 9.

We are in a bubble, and it is great. If you aren’t already 55, you will get there. Might as well live like a millionaire at budget rates when the time comes.
Posted by doc baklava
Between heaven and hell
Member since Oct 2020
809 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:23 am to
I almost got a job there but ended up working in prison medicine.

Seems like it would have been the same thing.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
64579 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:24 am to
I have a good friend who lives there. It’s freaking awesome, especially when the snowbirds go back north and it’s not so crowded.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31062 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:25 am to
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I guess, if ur into geriatric, post-menopausal women … Then you can have ‘em .


I didn’t click the link but i did see an article a few weeks back about the Villages, which id heard long ago was the STD capital of the US- but this article said that people advertise their various ‘kinks’ and ‘lifestyles’ via whichever color loofah sponge they attach to the antenna of their golf cart.. i guess if i were an 85 yr old guy hunting for a 60 yr old ‘younger’ woman, that wouldnt be so bad .



i dont give a frick about the sex or kinky part

but a homogeneous society of people mainly my age to hang around with in retirement?? golf, great weather, awesome things to do...sounds pretty awesome to me. also hardly any crime

wtf else do you want in retirement other than spending time with your grandkids?
Posted by George Dickel
Member since Jun 2019
1587 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:29 am to
Is that close to Del Boca Vista?
;>)
Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
23048 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:30 am to
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I didn’t click the link but i did see an article a few weeks back about the Villages, which id heard long ago was the STD capital of the US- but this article said that people advertise their various ‘kinks’ and ‘lifestyles’ via whichever color loofah sponge they attach to the antenna of their golf cart.. i guess if i were an 85 yr old guy hunting for a 60 yr old ‘younger’ woman, that wouldnt be so bad .


Don't buy this bullshite. Ask anyone who lives there about this type of stuff, and they'll look at you like you're crazy. Nobody gave a shite about The Villages until they held some Trump rallies. Then it was deemed something to be destroyed.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:37 am to
My father-in-law lives there with his girlfriend. He's one of the few that live there full-time. We've visited once so far. It truly is a bubble. I felt like we were in the Truman Show. My kids and I were joking the whole time that when it came time to leave somehow we'd be unable to escape. It's an impressive development, but don't think I could retire there. I want acreage.

My father-in-law came to visit us recently. The local HBCU was having graduation and a lot of the folks in for that were staying in the same hotel he was. He told us, "I really do live in a bubble. I haven't seen this many blacks in years". I just shook my head.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:40 am to
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Is that close to Del Boca Vista?


Phase IV
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:45 am to
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Peter Santenello visits the World's Most Infamous Retirement Community (The Villages, FL)
I live in The Villages, and I wouldn’t think of living any other place. If you love golf, it is the place to be. We rotate 13 different courses with 3 more soon to open, and most of the courses are very good. Most people play the executive courses because they are free, but I stick to the championship courses. There are over 3 million rounds a year played down here.

If you aren’t in to golf, The Villages probably has something for you from dragon boat clubs to softball. Gym membership is free, the health care is good, and this place goes out of its way to keep you active which keeps you young. I played golf with an 89 year old the other day who shot a 74. His secret to a good life is that his g/f cannot show up before 5 and has to go home by 9.

We are in a bubble, and it is great. If you aren’t already 55, you will get there. Might as well live like a millionaire at budget rates when the time comes.


My father-in-law's only complaint is the service work force. But it makes sense the restaurants having a hard time to find good workers when everyone that lives around there is already retired.
Posted by TomJoadGhost
Alabama
Member since Nov 2022
1003 posts
Posted on 5/18/23 at 9:48 am to
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but a homogeneous society of people mainly my age to hang around with in retirement?


Sounds miserable.

To each their own though.
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