Weather here is definitely better than most months in the far, northwest Suburbs of Chicago. Our taxes were quadruple the amount here. Covenants in our (originally) very nice neighborhood were not being enforced and it became so lax that we had above-ground swimming pools being built in violation. The violent crime rate in the whole area is still increasing rapidly, in spite of the very strict "gun control" laws. Final straw was the ever-increasing flow of illegal immigrants. Most of the complaints about The Villages are petty in comparison to what we endured while watching Illinois property values erode. We had never considered The Villages, or any place in Florida for retirement, but in 2009 we happened to hear about TV and came for the "lifestyle" program. After one more visit we were hooked. We miss the closer proximity to our families, but find that the great people here compensate for that. Now, visits with family are more special to us and it seems that we have the best of both worlds.
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