[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by gfmucci

For us, TV is a resort community - a land lubber's cruise ship. Other developments, as nice as they may be, are subdivisions with amenties.

Examples:

Our interests are card games, model trains, tennis, and band. I went to an excellent FREE tennis clinic yesterday - it is given every week. I will be joining one of two 100+ piece bands - and maybe form a woodwind quartet. My wife will be participating in several of umpteen versions of Canasta. I have joined a model train club the has over 60 members catering to N, HO, O, and G-scale model trains.

To us, the scale of the community was important. You can't have these kinds of choices with just several hundred homes. Compared to most other retirement communities, The Villages is like living in an amenity rich larger city compared to living in a quiet country town. Yet the country is just a couple miles outside our gates.

GF

Today I went to a painting class at Colony Cottage for ONE dollar. I learned two things straight off that I did NOT know. I had an absolutely fabulous time. My first art lesson since high school. I was absolutely floating on cloud nine when I left. There were about 60 participants there. They will meet every Thursday. sigh. I have to go home again on Wednesday.