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Old 06-21-2017, 02:42 PM
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The frogs I know are people who were adventurous enough in their senior years to move quite a distance to a new area knowing few if anyone there. They worked hard all their lives, made good financial decisions, were self disciplined enough to plan ahead, save and invest for their retirement years and were fortunate enough to not have suffered any setbacks from which they could not recover. Most are "weather refugees" who wanted to get away from long hard northern winters although a surprising number moved from elsewhere in Florida.

Most are very social, active and upbeat. The Villages lifestyle was a primary reason they chose TV rather than elsewhere in Florida.
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