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Originally Posted by billethkid
I think to have a good perspective one has to have been here for a minimum of 10-15 years.
I wonder how many would be happy with none of the shopping that exists at the corner of Rolling Acres and 441.
No Sam's club.
No Home Depot.
No Kohls.
And many of the national chain restaurants would have not been here yet.
Buena Vista did not go any further South than Arnold Palmer CC.
10 years ago there was no Arnold Palmer CC or golf course.
There was only one town center, Spanish Springs.
The population was around 30-35,000.
Just to name a few. Much of the success of TV has been due to the fact that it did reach a critical mass size that in fact began to draw national attention and chains.
Everything is relative. If you came from a town od less than 100,000 TV may not appear as friendly as your home town.
If you came from cities double, triple and more you think you have died and discovered heaven here in TV.
We have lived it for the past 11 years. We enjoy TV as muvh now as we ever did. We still have no problem getting to play golf anytime time we want. We have no problem getting into the many, many places to ear here in TV.
TV is sort of an ala carte smorgasboard. You can enjoy as much or as little as you want. With a little flexibility in expectation...not a lot just a little.....one can enjoy just about anything that has been presented as a negative.
There is no place else one can have such a selection of how to live ones daily life well into aging toward 100!
We all know that everybody cannot be made happy......but TV goes a long way in that direction!
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Totally agree.
There are good and bad things alike when you live in a small community as well as when you live in a big community.
Personally I like the "energy" of a bigger village with so many intelligent, active, and successful people. Reaching a critical mass points to sustainability, more conveniences and a safer bet in investing to live here.
Yes, we live in The Villages but there are the smaller individual villages we live in and you build a sense of community/friendships around common core interests.