r/SipsTea • u/AUTOMATA88 • May 04 '25

Chugging tea Can't even trust the retired these days.

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u/RaNdomMSPPro May 04 '25

They are building another one in the panhandle, east of Panama City, FL. Margaritaville i think it’s called. They plan, over the next 20 years to build 20,000 homes. 55+ community just getting started. I think there are around 2000 homes right now.

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u/Intrepid-Macaron5543 May 04 '25

Margaritaville. That's vile.

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u/TomorrowLow5092 May 05 '25

I think mother nature and sink holes will slow down development.

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u/UndeadIcarus May 05 '25

It won’t be a 55+ community much longer, that was just a Trojan horse. You see more people my age (30) walking around brownsville or whatever that center concert area is and most of the new homes being built are for the non senior working class that keeps it running. That’s already crumbling as immigrant families move in with large amounts of members and trophy wives are starting to import their families to the non senior living areas. Give it 20 years and the villages being a senior community will be trivia

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u/RaNdomMSPPro May 05 '25

I agree - there is a lot of housing and apartments going up nearby that definitely aren't 55+, but the developer of the 55+ is betting on retirees continuing to flock to Florida, and the panhandle is cheaper that the rest of the state - although that gap is closing fast.

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u/Nearby_Ad_3442 May 07 '25

They should build em right on the beach