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Why Towns Are Falling In Love With Golf Carts
The Atlantic ^
| October 5, 2015
| Henry Grabar
Posted on 10/06/2015 8:27:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One of the promotional videos for The Villages, Central Floridas city of the old, is all about golf carts. Picture a Boomers take on Pimp My Ride: Some carts are souped up to look like Model Ts, fire trucks, or Thunderbirds, or colored to rep a hometown sports team. In a city with no native sons, the carts are expressions of identity.
Theyre also a central mode of transportation. In The Villages, according to the book Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Aging Society by architect Deane Simpson, there are 50,000 golf carts and 90 miles of dedicated golf-cart infrastructure. Autocentric facilities like drive-ins and car washes have been adapted. Golf-cart bridges and paths lead to golf-cart parking. One-third of trips, in this city of 110,000, are taken by cart....
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; The Guild; Travel
KEYWORDS: florida; golfcarts
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ugh! My wife wants one of those things. I have no desire to be part of that culture. They take up valuable garage space, are slow, are hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I've had all kinds of toys, like an airplane, Harley, snow machine, but I have no desire to ever own a golf cart.
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:32:30 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This would have happened in the early 90’s but there’s nothing special about the plain vanilla golf cart. If you look around today....they sell you kits to upgrade your cart in terms of looks or you can have it pimped out in various looks. The golf cart of today is highly desired. And speed wise....they’ve all gotten themselves ‘enhanced’.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
In the Villages.... Isn't that the venereal disease capital of Florida?
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:33:42 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not too long ago you could get on for free. I think they stopped that program though.
Electric Golf Cart Tax Credit
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:34:01 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:35:15 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: AlaskaErik
Isn't that the venereal disease capital of Florida? I thought the Villages was God's waiting room. (Like the rest of FloriDUH)
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:37:25 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’d love a golf cart if I thought it would be safe to drive on my small city’s streets.
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:38:28 PM PDT
by
ChocChipCookie
("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
To: BBell
Correct. FREE just ask John Stossel
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:41:31 PM PDT
by
V K Lee
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think this could have enourmous potential if the pathways would also allow self driving delivery robots.
To: pepsionice
Bubba is on the right track.
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:50:54 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: V K Lee
I really wish I would have bought one. I could have turned around and sold it when the tax expired and made some good money.
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posted on
10/06/2015 8:51:31 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: AlaskaErik
Ugh! My wife wants one of those things. I have no desire to be part of that culture. They take up valuable garage space, are slow, are hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I've had all kinds of toys, like an airplane, Harley, snow machine, but I have no desire to ever own a golf cart. But they cost less than full-sized automobiles, their environmental footprint is smaller (less raw materials to construct them, less fuel to power them = better mpg), they are quieter, parking spaces can be smaller, they can't kill anyone... The list of advantages goes on!
Regards,
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posted on
10/06/2015 9:01:10 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: AlaskaErik
A few modifications and a Chevy V8, and you’ll fit right in.
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posted on
10/06/2015 9:24:32 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
Some fun ones. I like small stuff. :)
To: BBell
Hmmmm....sounds very similar to the Scooter Store scheme.
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posted on
10/06/2015 10:14:12 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: beaversmom
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posted on
10/06/2015 10:14:25 PM PDT
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Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Jane Long; 2ndDivisionVet; V K Lee
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10/06/2015 10:39:45 PM PDT
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BBell
To: 2ndDivisionVet; AlaskaErik; usconservative
To: wideminded
I love my golf cart and I am no where near a golf course. The wife and I love to take an evening drive through the neighborhood and the dog loves to take her daily ride. Mine is gas powered, can ride all month on a couple gallons.
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posted on
10/06/2015 11:18:30 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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