@raum I’m always shocked when I see the 98%! Lol. I’m pretty sure that’s Sumter County not The Villages. Still, admittedly, it’s very white here, but my world isn’t. My friends here are mostly white non-Hispanic I guess, but plenty of Latin American friends, one Black Hispanic, one Pakistani-Scottish (Lives in UK most of the year) one Chilean-German, one friend Hawaiian who is Portuguese and something else, but I would count her as white. I do folk dancing and we are white, but half of us are Jewish, a couple Latin Americans, one is Arab from Latin America, also some Asians, big Asian club. My world is diverse. Meaning, my circles and activities I do.
Meanwhile, very white doesn’t necessarily mean racist.
Those zip codes are in The Villages AND also run out of The Villages into other parts of the counties, and the counties are fairly rural surrounding The Villages and very Republican or voted for Republicans but registered Independent.
Edit: LGBT community here too. Small, but not invisible. They have weekly meet-ups at a restaurant near me. 50–150 people show up depending on time of year. That’s not nothing. That’s not the whole community, I just mean who shows up to socialize.
@jca2 is right that income doesn’t really measure wealth, especially among the retired.