[Mikeod]

We bought here 10 years ago and live full time in TV. It has changed since we arrived, but the main reason we chose this place is the same. Every place we looked at to retire was similar. A golf course, a rec center, and a house. If you don't golf, your options are limited. When we got here, the myriad options were obvious.

What I have seen change here is that, when we bought, the vast majority of people we met were just thrilled to find a place of this quality to spend the rest of their lives and settled in to enjoy it. As the years has passed, we find more and more people who think this is a resort and all should be provided by the owner/developer. Another trend is one I have experienced in growing up in the Northeast. A parochial attitude that if not done the same as there, it is wrong. Whether it is cooking, golf design/maintenance, speed limits, or whatever, it's as if what they want is the same as where they lived before, except the weather.

As far as crowding, I find it better to consider the high season as the norm, and the summer season as the bonus I get for living here full time. Maybe it's easier to adjust coming from a congested area (SoCal) where homes are built close together. But it works for me.