I'm sure it's at least partially based on socio-economic and educational factors. Some of the posts here are illegible lol. Plenty of reviews and information online about MHPs.

I live in Sun City West, we have some crabby people but no rules like those. And, no HOA

And also you don’t want to see like 2 or 3 families with 10 people living in the same house and a bunch of cars parking outside of the house.

@@aaronlee4913 That's another thing! The multigenerational households where I currently live is astounding. The number of cars in the driveway as well as parking on the lawn on a daily basis is something I am not used to - and will try to avoid in the future.

I agree. I live in a retirement village in Brisbane Australia and there is a huge problem with bullying.

@@carolyngartner6865 What kind of bullying? From management or neighbors?

Bullying from residents who are doing the bidding of the manager. If you make any complaints about the way things are run, then you are bullied. I'm told this is a common problem in retirement villages.

LOL!

Remember, she lives among them so she can't be totally honest. She takes quite a bit of risk speaking at all.

My friend is a realtor from Naples. She was the one who informed me that by law a potential buyer has to have a minimum of a set number of hours/days to review all CC&R's. She actually wrote a very long letter to the President of one HOA because they were delaying and delaying providing me with a copy.

Rattling shatters and a crake in the sidewalk? Sounds like a bad acid trip.

Another issue is the 90+ year olds that refuse to go into an assisted living facility. Ambulances on the premises everyday!

@@ameliaerin1544 I can tell you are just a wonderful person! We take care of our elderly here and I have seen an ambulance just two times in over two years here. Hope you get some help when you are 90. 🙄

I think there is such a 'slippery slope', when people don't want to live amongst a bunch of 'old' people (like my 91 year old mom); however, they can't live independently. It's not easy finding the right fit. I'm permanently disabled (61), can bathe myself, drive, etc., however it would help me immensely to find an affordable place that serves 2+ meals a day - but the average age isn't 90! 😉 I'm in a pickle in central FL. If anyone has suggestions of such properties....I'd love any input!

Once you are a senior citizen you are not as accepted. My family makes me feel this way. I am 71 and work full time in a car factory.

There are a LOT of things that are worse than being around older people! One of them is being around younger people all the time. THATs why there are 55+ resorts! I’m sick of the under 55s that have snuck into the resort somehow!

I agree!!

I live in an HOA community, although not 55+. I figure I am not going to paint my house some outrageous color, park junker cars in the yard, or let the lawn go to crap anyway...so it works fine for me.

@@dresser6135 Yeah, my HOA was a really good one. Nothing I didn't agree with or found problematic for me.

@@dresser6135 Yeah, my HOA was a really good one. Nothing I didn't agree with or found problematic for me.

except you can go see the rules yourself, online. but that would require reading.

@@carljung9230 - However, the “rules” are only as good as the enforcement.

She only touched the tip of the iceberg. There can be other restructions on parking in your own drive way, open garage doors or closed, coming and going, lawn and gardening maintenance requirements, common areas restrictions, outside cooking BBQ odors, the list can go on and on as well as change. Just a few people on the HOA board can wreck havoc on the community resale value. They can allow renters to almost take over or not at all. Depending on the community maintenance contracts can be a nightmare. No matter how nice the community looks before buying research the HOA thoroughly. IMHO

Just one community out of many. Lots of horror stories in other areas. Glad that your Mom is happy and doing well.😁

The last 55+ place my mom was in, and her current one are both very nice. Activities for those who want them, lovely spacious apartments to make attractive and functional homes. My mom has turned into a negative, glass 1/2 empty, want your cake and eat it too kind of gal. She doesn't want to participate in activities, but she is lonely in her apartment. She can have a 'friend' come in for cake & coffee/soup and sandwich if she wanted to grow a friendship and have less loneliness - but instead she says she should be invited to other's apartments because she's the 'new kid on the block'. She complains about people pestering her re activities, and complains about the loneliness and being cooped up in her apartment. She also feels her gated community is 'trapping' her in and she is not 'allowed' to get out. What a miserable way to live. I lived at her old apartment for a month after she moved out and I was selling/closing on my single family home. Her place actually WAS lovely, the people were kind and inclusive, the guidelines easy to follow. Sometimes people need to see that you can be handed very nice options to suit your life; however, you yourself need to take some responsibility or your own happiness. It amazes me that my mom complains about her lack of power/independence and that people keep trying to take that away, and yet she does not make any decisions for herself that would enrich her life.

Members of an HOA BOARD have serious liability issues. My umbrella excess liability policy specifically excludes HOA’s and board member coverages .

I just moved from a 55+ in AZ, lovely community pool, lovely neighbors, enforced rules, but reasonable rules. I had a friend in my court who had 2 lovely German Shepherds and I had 2 small dogs. HOA's are different. Don't let this one video taint your opinion. Do your own research.

I have lived in HOA communities and non-HOA. It's always a gamble when you are new to an area, and unfamiliar - but I've always been happy in my communities. I had to recently relocate across country, and unfortunately regret buying where I did (which happens to be a non HOA location). My sister lives nearby, and it suits her fine - she prefers it. We are 2 very different personalities, so in hind sight I'm not that surprised with my dissatisfaction. I never liked the title 'Karen'; however, would you consider me one? Maybe....probably....I don't know - doesn't matter! LOL! My neighbors are nice enough, but people pile up old lumber/household trash by their driveways, and it sits there for weeks. Hearing many people speeding around in their VERY noisy cars before you can even see the car - I must be getting old - but it's annoying. I haven't been here 6 months, and I look forward to when I am able to move. (I currently need to be close to my mom to help with her caregiving needs).

SMART PERSON

Although I'm not crazy about living in our 55+ community because of the people, I didn't find her statements to be true at least where we live.

Steer clear of the HOAs at all costs; seriously, the busy-bodies with nothing else to do will make your life a living hell in this woke ass world. We are much happier in our Amish built cabin on our 100 acres, there’s no going back to a managed community under any circumstances...Good luck to all of you wanting to enjoy your prime years and have a blessed day everyone 🙂

HOAs are great if u follow the rules. They can address the idiots in the community which is good

@@paula4910 it's my castle, my property, i don't need to follow someone's ridiculous idea if what rules are. I live in a nice neighborhood in the the northeast, no HOAs up here, nice people, nice homes etc. What rules should we all be following?

My condo community is not 55+... we have never had any of these problems... people just want to live their lives in peace.

How do you deal with the humidity?

@@nodebt2473 I live about 2 blocks away from the Gulf of Mexico and there's a huge canal in back of my condo so there's usually a nice breeze blowing.

@@nodebt2473 AC in the car and home.... and shade trees help.

Good for you, it’s worse than dealing with a HOA or COOP Board. It really is simply an annoying “annual time share”. I have always owned my homes . Even a stodgy Incorporated Village puts retirement communities to shame. Comparable to the sleazy General Development Corp of Florida in the 80’s.

Agreed. If you do not like the rules of a community, don't move in. It is like people moving next to an airport and then complaining that planes make noise.

How nice for you. $$$

@@NinjaBooKitty Actually, taxes are low. We're the #3 safest city in Texas, and we're close to everything. I'd like to live closer to family but where they are crime is higher and so is housing.

I understand it is a great place!

You were eligible earlier, at least in Florida. The regulation states that 80?% (I forgot the exact number) of the home owners have to be 55+. Neither my wife or I were 55 when we moved in our community.

​@@andrenadeau4462 Each complex has their own set of guidelines. It's not across the board by state.

That is wonderful. Best to you and happy you found your slice of paradise.

Where are you located in tx?

@@denise8216 On the SE Coast of Florida just north of Palm Beach

I wish they had in Nc. We live in a townhouse & the fees etc are extremely high my friend in Alabama has something like yours but no vacancies . What is the budget wed need to apply?

Hey there, thank you for watching

Is cooking on balconies allowed in any building anywhere? That is a fire hazard.

Some communities may not be as strict. I would encourage you to reach out to your Realtor, who will have knowledge. After all this type of housing is usually less expensive which I important. Thank you for watching.

Mesa, AZ?

@@mariamathews1862 Seal Beach, CA

That’s cruel. Dude, I had seizures in my late 30’s, and I wasn’t old. So, maybe you should cross your fingers and hope you don’t get seizures, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, etc. that way you’ll forget when the young make jokes about you in 26 years.

How sad....and you think that is funny? I hope you or your loved ones aren't looked at in that way, if ever the need should arise.

@@kimbo500 That's life, K. That's life. My grandparents were able to accept the inevitability of death with a light hearted spirit and as my time approaches I hope to do the same. So you can fret about my joke or you can accept it for what it is. C'est la vie.

Are you married???

Right don't come from govt. We're born with them.

The congregants are from the Church of Narcissism.

Gossipers....people love it...it makes them feel good if somebody has an issue..

Typical old people. No thanks.

Just stop being over friendly in an effort to be popular...it’s a backstabbers ball out there..

Need to find hobbies

I am 68 and I have found that each decade seems to go by faster than the one before. My 60s seem to be going unbelievably fast.

They flew by, I'm going on 47. Time is fast

Nice being a burden to your kids.

Talk about wow....read the replies

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching my channel

Let me tell you, HOAs are incompetent greedy dictators. Always check the biography of your board members: it will tell you much about how the joint will be run. I had some neighbors who partied until 5:00 am in the morning anytime they wanted, they weaponized their dog by allowing it defecate all over the lawn for 3 mos. deliberately (let it lie, with flies buzzing in the heat), the whole community complaining about it, meanwhile they were beating the dog!! Humane Society came out, they were cited, went to a hearing etc I still ended up calling the police 18 more x, it’s on record. You name it, they did it, violated the lease, stole parking spaces, smoked pot right in front of kids with parents walking by, throwing whiskey bottles up in the air until they broke on the sidewalk, the music only got louder after midnight, Finally, after contacting the landlord, HOA with city codes, video cam footage from my RING cameras; my attorney took over. Then, the worthless HOA decided with the attorney biting into them; they had better evict the Neanderthals! What the hell good is an HOA? You tell me? Other than to harass you over silly stuff, tell you what to do, try to fine you$ And, become a dictator and do nothing to stop Neanderthal neighbors.

Oh the Villages are always in the news and it is all bad and the way they treat people and can steal your home from under you by just putting more and more fines on you. I also read if you try to sell your home or you die and kids try to sell it they put so many road blocks up till you give in and take their 10 grand then the Villages sell it for like 350k. Oh yes homes are not built well either they start having issues I was also told frist good huracane those home be gone in a split second.

@@dorotheawalker7985 I have heard that from someone living here in my area also. A man told me in person that his HOA started slapping him with hefty fines, he refused to pay etc. Then, they piled more fines up on top of those too. Then, he took them to court. Then, some kind of way he lost? He had to pay his legal bills, their legal bills, and all the money that was piled up etc. He put the place up for sale, sold it. Took the money out of his equity, to pay everything off. In the end, he had 0 Zero left! Nothing. All over a greedy HOA. Who was wrong to begin with! He told me the story why. It was complicated, but it made sense how they were wrong. I don't understand why he lost? Maybe, they had the judge bought out? That's a big thing here in Tennessee. This blasted corrupt Red State :(

@@thethirdgeneration1738 That the Villages they are buying up everything and what they can't buy they forcing folks out by court battles the little people can't afford. Bet these dad is rolling in his gave this not what he built I know someone who knew the dad and out right said he would be sick at the greed of his kids and what evil they are doing.

@@dorotheawalker7985 Who are the kids? who are they? I used know a friend who lived down in Key Largo. I drove down and visited him twice several years ago. He told that wealthy people were forcing everyone out down there in that whole area. They made it so expensive no one could live there, and the working class people, were burdened so much, in many different ways, to force them to want to move out. He eventually moved away. He became active in politics down there, trying to fight the republicans, who were a lot of the wealthy people forcing everyone out. He was a Bernie supporter. His mother passed away, and I know he moved. Not sure where at? I used to talk to him a lot via e-mail, and phone also. He was a pretty nice guy. A long time ago back in '82 I lived in Ft. Walton beach. I was in the military, stationed at Eglin AFB. Hard to believe that's been 40 years ago nearly. But, Fla has changed a lot in that time for sure, I bet. But, you're right. The level of greed today in the United States is sickening.

Well, this is going to sound like an infantile phrase, but I’m going to say it, “HOAs Suck!” I just got off the phone yesterday with my attorney with another new problem with my HOA. Even, my lawyer hates the HOAs. He says they are an absolute failed mess !! We’re getting ready to sue my HOA. He said in general they are a failed experiment. I asked him, “could we use some federal legislation over the HOAs ?” He said, “Most definitely!!”

HOAs, as you know them, do not exist at the Villages. Pretty much everything is owned, operated, and run by the owning family of the Villages.

@@dresser6135 I’m a renter. And, a good a tenant attorney will change your perspective on HOA’s very quickly. Their scumbags. And, I can see after 35 years you ain’t been around enough, apparently. The rules are made to benefit the HOAs, period!

@@dresser6135 And, you do know that the Florida Condo crash, it was found that the Condo Association was given the estimate of repairs $, which would have kept it from falling. Just another scumbag Association group.

@@dresser6135 it’s is you that didn’t have your head on straight. You also are not following the news correctly. They have plainly stated it 3 ways to sunshine on multiple media sources the Condo’s HOA was told to make repairs with estimate sheets of how many millions of dollars it would cost$ They took no action. It’s not me personal, as you’re trying to paint it, National talk show host ( Dave Ramsey even have special call in programs about how terrible HOAs are across the entire country) Try Google, search You Tube, try the internet, again try your local Attorney. It is only you that has the Personal Problem of what’s fraudulent and broken… By the way, which HOA are you working for? HOA, commit Fraud on a regular basis.

GOOD LUCK YUOR GOING TO NEED IT, DON'T FLURT OR YOU WILL BE IN TROUBLE.

@@jayj3990 I think we will be fine.

I have friends in Sun City in Vegas. They love it.

Yet...watch the space

Ditto. The specific pool hours for the kids was the only piece of her video I found factual.

Aww

What area of Florida are you considering?

@@TreasureCoastFl in your area and surrounding.

@@TreasureCoastFl Central to Port Orange, NSB....Maybe as far north as Ocala.

I can, but it's probably subjective. Something tells me that the key words for you are 'really good'. If 55+ isn't something that resonates for you, that is absolutely fine. Is anything going to be a 'really good' answer though? I wouldn't even think of asking you....'Give me one really good reason to live in a SF, condo, or luxury apartment'. Everyone has different priorities. If someone has found a good fit for themselves...that's what is important. If a 55+ is something that is a good fit for me, but not for you....one is not right and one is not wrong. We aren't expected to have the same priorities. Wouldn't it simply be a good thing that we each found communities that worked well for each of us, that we would enjoy and thrive in?

OLD PEOPLE ARE SO SO NOISY, ALSO IF ONE PERSON LIKES A GUY & ANOTHER LIKES THE SAME GUY AT THERE AGE YES U HAVE A PROBLEM, IT'S MOSTLY WOMEN.

@@jayj3990 I find both men and women to be nosy, petty and childish. Not all, but many. We keep to ourselves.

Yes, the lot fees keep going up, by not owning they own you. You will love my next video coming out this Tuesday which talks about your suggestions

Typical geezers. Nothing better to do with themselves.

There’s a cure for that....keep schtum...if you put a juicy titbit on the circuit to be oh so popular, don’t moan if it or something else bites you on the bum.

Yeah, I would only consider where I owned the land. I'm not interested in anything with a lot lease or rent.

The replies more so

I might move into one of these communities -- when I'm in my 80's.

@@machintelligence and senile....not a clue what's going on hah lol

I live in a condo complex where my 65 yr old neighbor below me doesn't want anyone living above her. She has complained to the association saying she can hear me walk around. Has nothing else to do except butt into my business. I wish she would move to a 55 + community, I'm 54 and I won't move to one.

@@joycemcmurray102 - Pray that your neighbor develops hearing problems!

@@joycemcmurray102 Don’t walk around so hard and much and you can’t move into a 55+ because you are 54.😊

Signed - HOA Tyrant

@@americafirst9144 😄

Check out The Treasure Coast, I'd be happy to direct you

You don't have to let one video taint you in your desires to unload from SF living. I know this from personal experience. Please do not let this one video impact you so negatively from obtaining what you really want.

@Carole Lesley I’ve followed Villages Newcomers & Skip fir a couple of years. I’m getting “warts & all” views. SO much to love about the villages. Healthcare, banks, shopping; all to be had on golf cart ride!

@@teribunker5223 only problem is that you’re living with a bunch of old grumpy fossils

@@youngtimer964 I hope God grants me the gift of living to be an old fossil. My son is a “young timer” homeless heroin addict. I’ll take old fossil life ANYDAY.

Rural is quiet? Not in my experiences outside of retirement communities for example, bullfrogs. Now I had just got used the all night croaking all blending in, when a new frog arrived croaking out of sync & time 🐸 End of sleep. I learned to merge with the choirs of country sounds plus music & movies with headphones Old age definitely makes one more intolerant rigid inflexible; the challenge is to work on being resilient & most of all grateful! Because there are many of us golden oldies who dont have the privilege of choice

@@carolorsmond8642 I hear you; I moved to the country 12 years ago. Before I bought my 5 acres I sat on the wooded property for hours at a time at least 5 times seeing what the sounds were like, particularly aircraft and cars. All was quiet. After all was said and done, I discovered my new house was directly under military vector 102 where all kinds of craft flew low over me several times a week (fighter jets, transports, helicopters). Also, passenger jets out of a major hub airport on their way to the northeast, high but still climbing so louder than at altitude. Then there are the seasonal tree frogs; like in Hawaii they chirp in deafening, constant droning all day and night until fall. Though they are one mile away, the hill acoustics drive traffic noise during rush hours from a crossroads of two highways where there is a 4-way stop. Beginning at 7 am the quarry trucks with their heavy loads of gravel break to a stop then gear up to go on. The many pulpwood trucks make noise for miles and miles away. The mellow mooing day and night of the mamma cows behind me was kind of nice for a while but became concerning as I learned to "read" their calls; all kinds of emotion going on. The worst is every summer when they take all the calves away; the mommas call alarmingly in desperate panic for two days, then call in earnest for about 5 more days; it then turns into sad mourning for another week that's so very upsetting. Then there is the farm machinery now and then. Twice a year they spread manure slurry on the pastures; it smells like dog poo, but the hog slurry will make you vomit. It should be outlawed. Add to all this is the frequent firing of guns, lots and lots of guns, especially on weekends or nice weather evenings. I can only assume rural men suffer from feelings of impotence so they feel more powerful when they pull that trigger. I don't mind hunting if you eat what you kill, but they are just shooting at targets. And not with long guns; lots of automatic fire going on. That should definitely be illegal. It would take way more that 200 acres to find any semblance of peace and quiet in rural areas. Still, it's a little better than the city, mostly just different. I've been lucky that my neighbors who have dogs keep them in at night and they don't bark very much.

@@virginiamoss7045 😲Terrible and so sad 'reading' the animals sorrows 😢I agree totally about only kill what you can eat. Ive often said that if one cant kill it then dont eat it. Am 90% vegan Its ironic that I live in a suburb of a metropolis in South Africa, Im surrounded by parks on two sides, busy roads around but its lovely & quiet. However when the cyclone touched down on Mozambique to the East it brought huge floods to our Eastern side which meant a drought stricken eastern transvaal & Kruger Park rivers all full what a blessing! I live 2000 feet above sea level where it rained every day for weeks. I hadnt been following our news, but what happened was this: these huge Hardydah birds flocked en masse into the tall pines in the garden screeching perpetually and eating the owners dog cat & bunny food and setting off my parrot! I couldnt understand what was wrong until I realised the birds had flown inland, I must always 'listen' to nature.. The owners went away to a funeral and I took care of the pets; well a Hardyda got into the main house & via text message I got owners' friends to unlock, so 4 of us humans had to drive Big Bird back out! Hilarious😅🤗 and scary for a Saturday night. All good lol I loved your writing & descriptions Thankyou PS Big Bird is approx your -large- turkey size with much longer, lethal lookin curved beak🦃

The young ones get into other peoples business too...you’re ageist