[frtlinr]

My wife and I rented a house in The Villages for one month in January to see if it would be a good fit for us.
We found that the area is very well kept, we felt very safe, and were impressed how well the developer planned the community.
To get a feel for the community and it's residents we made it a point to visit many of the recreation centers, attended the music functions at one of three town centers nearly every evening, and made it point to eat both lunch and dinner every day at several of the country club restaurants.
We attempted to mingle with others around us, and did meet a few friendly folks while we were there. For the most part though, we felt like the Villagers would just like for us, and the other winter visitors or even the winter owner residents would just return to wherever they came.
I'm certain that there are many warm and friendly residents of The Villages, but we just didn't find many of them during our stay.
Ultimately we decided that The Villages wasn't a good fit for us.