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What do these people do? .
Since we are talking about retirement communities my educated guess is that the vast majority of the residents are indoors so they can be spared the intense Summer heat and humidity!
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While Florida is a well-known retirement destination, I was surprised at the industrial scale. There was a news article on TV here about retirement villages encroaching onto other peoples land, so had a look on Google maps. You need to get through a rudimentary security barrier to get in to these things but they are supposed to be public roads, then there are many square miles of housing, all with immaculate lawns but very little signs of life. What do these people do? If it's anything JG Ballard's take on gated communities, it's not going to end well.  Sorry, I don't have a hilarious video to share. Even here in England, I was deluged with enticing offers and deals on Florida retirement homes when I reached retirement age (good grief) ten years ago. Can't imagine anything worse my judgment having been somewhat clouded by YT video viewing. If an armadillo hole doesn't cause one break your leg, shot iguanas falling on one's bonce will. Then there is the pythons and 'gators, and slightly miffed manatees of course. 
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If an armadillo hole doesn't cause one break your leg, shot iguanas falling on one's bonce will. Then there is the pythons and 'gators, and slightly miffed manatees of course. And even then, FL has got nothing when compared to Australia.
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He/She probably had their face stuffed into their smartphone at the time.
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Like a gaggle of chickens with no plumage (First 9 seconds is black screen) https://youtu.be/V3kE0rvAJhM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiZWVmXSNgmight offend some- its real history  used to be one fairly near me, now lady lane. Slutshole lane still exists- but the signs are no longer extant
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^^^ That dude in the video likes to say that street G name.
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Last edited by PanzerMeyer; 06/27/23 10:31 AM.
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^^^ That dude in the video likes to say that street G name. Just celebrating a facet of our quirky English history. As was mentioned, my nearest City, Worcester, had such a street where the bawds and Stews plied their lewd and licentious trade. The name was changed when the Royalsits were defeated there in the final battle of our Civil Wars in September 1651. Along with all 'graven images' in churches and the Cathedral defaced or destroyed. Bad King John has his tomb in the crypt of Worcester Cathedral and Cromwell's troop knocked his nose off, an indignity suffered by many such tomb effigies, when they utilised the building, already 400 years old by that time as a stable. As to other nearby names to snigger at; we have Minge Lane, (perhaps unknown in US colloquialism) Dog Butt Lane, and I live adjacent to Piddle Brook, aptly name as much sheep and cattle urine flows into it.
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As to other nearby names to snigger at; we have Minge Lane, (perhaps unknown in US colloquialism)
I had no clue what "minge" meant until I heard someone say that word on a TV series called "Turn". I looked it up online and was instantly embarrassed.
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Neither did I last night. That guy has a really hilarious channel.
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It kinda grabs you by the boo boo. Don't it ?
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