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Old 10-24-2016, 01:50 PM
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Default it was my job to say no....

I agreed to visit The Villages just over 5 years ago for one reason only....to make my husband stop begging to see it. I was not a golfer, he loved golf and had seen the commercials on the Golf Network and wanted to be able to golf year round (or nearly year round) once he retired.

Some friends had recently moved down so I reluctantly agreed to "go check it out" with the condition that if I said no, there would be no further discussion. Clearly we did not intend to buy a house during our first visit....however I failed miserably in the "just say no" department! We came for a 5 day "lifestyle visit" and late afternoon on Day 4 we found a house which we knew we'd never be able to find again at that price and location if we decided to buy later. So on the last day of our visit we stopped by the Lake Sumter office to sign the paperwork before we headed for the airport. Returned a month later to close on the house and went back and forth (not at the typical snowbird times) for 3 years before we fully retired, sold the home in IL and moved here full time. We have now been full time residents for 2 plus years and have yet to regret the decision. For social reasons, I even took up golfing (my friends still find that hilarious) and we still really enjoy being in The Villages full time. Neighbors are friendly, lots to do even if you don't golf and you sure can't beat the weather. The only question most people have is, "why did we wait so long?"

Now I am recruiting friends to come join us....and we are making good progress! navair4me

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Originally Posted by Cmgregory View Post
For those of you who have been residents of TV for at least 2 to 5 years:

Is it as good as you thought it would be?

If you had it to do all over again, would you still buy in TV?

We would like to hear both the positives and negatives of living in TV.

We have visited TV several times and walked around the squares but have never stayed there. We have heard nothing but good comments but wonder if it as good as everyone says it is.

Thanks for your comments!