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Originally Posted by CFrance
I hope you are able to discern what is most important to you and move (or not) from there. Is it friendships, sports, hobbies, or is it the ability to live up to your individuality in such a place as The Villages. I never thought I would, as a city girl, ever live in suburbia, and yet here I am. I would go back to my city in a heartbeat if it were warm year round. But it isn't, and I don't want to sit in a cold house and have to scrounge around to find indoor pickle ball courts (pickle ball as a synecdoche).
So I try not to guess which is the Gardenia, or notice the lamp posts in a row, or the sea of rooftops looking north on 466A, in favor of the warmth and the sports and activities. If my dog doesn't like something, he turns his head. If he can't see it, it's not there, and he continues on. I've adopted his approach somewhat.
We travel a lot, and that breaks up the sameness. I don't know if I'll ever feel the same sense of ownership I did in my home town, but the longer I'm here,the more things I do, the more I feel like staying. I may never be a real "Villager," but it's getting more comfortable as I go along. Good luck to you in whatever you decide, dddave. I hope you don't let a birdcage make your decision for you. It happened to my neighbor, so they simply built again with what they had learned about setbacks. But maybe you are looking for more than just a bigger birdcage.
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CFrances Well done. We agree except for the concept of "a villager". I prefer to think in terms of " a good neighbor" because of the size and continued expansion of The Villages the term "a village" doesn't seem as quaint any longer.
Like you I too miss the city life and the Minneapolis area fit my lifestyle best. It wasn't so much the weather that drove me away, it was the taxes; albeit going back to snow gets difficult with each passing day.
We adapt and I am fortunate that my neighbors are all really good neighbors friendly, non-judgmental, lively.
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