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Originally Posted by bagboy
That was an extremely nice first post. You and the Mrs. will be a welcome addition to The Villages.
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You can say that again. Ok, I'll do it. You and Mrs. BooBoo will be a welcome addition to The Villages
Now for some reality:
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
Thank you for letting me join the forum
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No big deal since TOTV lets anyone in but we prefer the nice ones and, despite our flaws, in my opinion, the overwhelming majority aspires to be helpful and nice!
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
it [TOTV] has been very helpful.
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So much so that it was near the top of reasons why we moved here - seriously.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
... All the courses we drove by while we were there were in good shape.
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I don't golf but occasionally there are issues -- sometimes about people not fixing the holes/marks they made. Also people carry sand, for the life of me I don't know why.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
My wife's first impression was "wow, the houses are close together"
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That was my exact first impression. And then I realized we are not getting any younger or healthier and it is almost with a sense of relief that I know, in an emergency, I can simply run outside and within minutes contact 5/6 or more neighbors. Yet, when we are inside, we feel totally private and never hear any neighborly noise. Due to Landscaping, when you sit on our Lanai you feel as if you are sitting on 14 acres LOL.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
We took all 3 tours, the whole development is beautiful. Fenney is especially impressive with the newer amenities, putt and play, pitch and putt, and others. Everything was clean, well kept, and we saw several crews out trimming grass or bushes.
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I've only been in Fenny once but I can tell you our area is the same.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
We think the water bottle they give you on the tour has the "Kool Aid" in it."
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There is no way you could possibly have known this but the expression "drinking the Kool Aid" is probably no longer politically correct because of an insensitivity to the victims of the Jones Town massacre based upon some passionate posts I read a year or so ago.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
The biggest surprise to both of us was the people. Everyone we met was extremely nice and friendly. Any questions we had they were glad to answer and tell us what a great place this was to live. At Brownwood Square Sunday night we met several people and everyone was friendly. I am not naive enough to think there isn't someone in the villages that isn't friendly, but we didn't meet him.
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Well you may if: you have a dog and he poops on someone's lawn, you save seats at the Town Square; you park like an idiot and ignore the white lines; if you don't learn how to negotiate the roundabouts; or if you talk politics. I may have left somethings out but I'm ok with this list.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
My wife and I have been planning to look at moving to the villages in 2 years, on the way back home she discussed calling a realtor to see what we need to do to sell our house in March. (I don't retire until then.)
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It took us an incredibly long time to close on the sale of our NY house for a variety of reasons, so I would get that house on the market asap. Or at least start downsizing and consolidating all your stuff.
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
Overall, all of you are very fortunate to live in The Villages. Of course you have worked hard for it and deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labor. We were very impressed, it was everything and more than we expected. This was mainly due to the friendly people we met. Hopefully, we can join you in the near future.
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Amen!
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Originally Posted by booboo1964
Realistically, our plan is to come down in September and rent for 2 months, and pick out something to purchase at that time. Unless the wife sells the house before that. Looking forward to visiting again.
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Good plan.