RE: mosquitoes in all that water -- the retention ponds especially -- The Villages should be stocking every one of the ponds with those tiny mosquito-eating fish. That would help some. -- BR
@@PapaPineapples The fish I'm thinking about are pretty small (minnow-size?) so they wouldn't be suitable for fishing. But being small the gators wouldn't bother with them, even if larger fish might. And herons, storks, of course. Whatever, even here in West TX the City puts these mosquito-eating fish into ponds/lakes in residential areas...so I would think in The Villages (TV) -- really, ALL of FL it -- should be "standard practice" for sure. If it isn't I don't see the "wisdom" in that omission. MAYBE they can't introduce fish as the retention ponds are all connected and they need to be able to pump water from one pond to another (for flooding mitigation), so they can't have fish clogging the pumps! But they could use some kind of filters to keep smaller aquatic animals in the ponds safe (and from clogging pumps!) because I'm sure that over time, these ponds DO get populated with fish, frogs, turtles (etc.) naturally (nature's way) and they would also pose the same problem for the pumps/water distribution system TV has. The fish just seemed a good natural way to keep the mosquito population down as they focus in eating mosquitoes in particular (like a healthy dragon-fly population would). Natural controls, not toxic pesticides. Or, The Villages cloud consult Disney World to see how THEY do it, as they probably have it down to a science by now. But maybe TV doesn't see it as any priority thing to do. If not, I think they should for the benefit of all its residents (people AND pets). -- BR
@@billredding2000here in Utah we have mosquito abatement and the go down the road in some sort of truck spraying. Doesn’t make all gone but helps. Don’t buy near a man made pond🤷♀️
@@Mkmmitch Yes, we had that "fogging" in Galveston TX also. I was just looking at natural solutions, not man-made. Natural is almsot always better -- and I'm not even a tree-hugger/save-the-whales environmentalist! BTW, if you buy in The Villages there's no choice, you WILL be near a pond. I think that's true of the other 55+ communities in FL as well -- no way around it. -- BR
@@Mkmmitch it’s really hard not to but not near one in the villages. There are so many around in the new areas. They do spray but I don’t think it helps and if it does it isn’t much
I know it’s the Villagers but at some point I feel like the market is saturated with pre owned and new homes.There are a lot of pre owned homes available and all these homes being built it’s tremendous.The Villagers like all retirement communities will always have homes available we are older folks and won’t be here forever lol.
Can you tell me what neighborhood the 7500’s of Far Hills Loop is?
can you commute reasonably from the southern parts of thevillages to a job at WDW
How close are these homes to the prison?
RE: mosquitoes in all that water -- the retention ponds especially -- The Villages should be stocking every one of the ponds with those tiny mosquito-eating fish. That would help some.
-- BR
Great idea, then they can do fishing tournaments also! That would benefit everyone!
@@PapaPineapples The fish I'm thinking about are pretty small (minnow-size?) so they wouldn't be suitable for fishing. But being small the gators wouldn't bother with them, even if larger fish might. And herons, storks, of course.
Whatever, even here in West TX the City puts these mosquito-eating fish into ponds/lakes in residential areas...so I would think in The Villages (TV) -- really, ALL of FL it -- should be "standard practice" for sure. If it isn't I don't see the "wisdom" in that omission.
MAYBE they can't introduce fish as the retention ponds are all connected and they need to be able to pump water from one pond to another (for flooding mitigation), so they can't have fish clogging the pumps! But they could use some kind of filters to keep smaller aquatic animals in the ponds safe (and from clogging pumps!) because I'm sure that over time, these ponds DO get populated with fish, frogs, turtles (etc.) naturally (nature's way) and they would also pose the same problem for the pumps/water distribution system TV has.
The fish just seemed a good natural way to keep the mosquito population down as they focus in eating mosquitoes in particular (like a healthy dragon-fly population would). Natural controls, not toxic pesticides.
Or, The Villages cloud consult Disney World to see how THEY do it, as they probably have it down to a science by now. But maybe TV doesn't see it as any priority thing to do. If not, I think they should for the benefit of all its residents (people AND pets).
-- BR
@@billredding2000here in Utah we have mosquito abatement and the go down the road in some sort of truck spraying. Doesn’t make all gone but helps. Don’t buy near a man made pond🤷♀️
@@Mkmmitch Yes, we had that "fogging" in Galveston TX also. I was just looking at natural solutions, not man-made. Natural is almsot always better -- and I'm not even a tree-hugger/save-the-whales environmentalist!
BTW, if you buy in The Villages there's no choice, you WILL be near a pond. I think that's true of the other 55+ communities in FL as well -- no way around it.
-- BR
@@Mkmmitch it’s really hard not to but not near one in the villages. There are so many around in the new areas. They do spray but I don’t think it helps and if it does it isn’t much
It seems that a lot of construction here is slowing down a bit.
I thought the same but then they blew through shady brook. They create these neighborhoods in just a few months once they start building it seems
I know it’s the Villagers but at some point I feel like the market is saturated with pre owned and new homes.There are a lot of pre owned homes available and all these homes being built it’s tremendous.The Villagers like all retirement communities will always have homes available we are older folks and won’t be here forever lol.