My wife wanted to retire to a cooler climate than what Florida offered. So, on a whim we bought a condo in the mountains of North Carolina. Then on another whim, on a trip back from visiting Mount Dora we stopped off at Spanish Springs. The intrigue with TV deepened over the following several years.
We answered a number of weighted preference surveys we created for ourselves - each time the results favored TV over North Carolina.
The three main factors that changed our minds are:
The ready-made compatible social network in TV compared to the pre-established, relatively closed social network in a small mountain town, however gorgeous that town may be, and
How livable is a temperate climate in winter compared to a subtropical climate in summer? In the mountains, not only are winter nights cold, but the days are, too. In central Florida, the summer days are hot, but the evenings are very pleasant.
The depth of the activities and amenities and the high quality and level of maintenance of everything.
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Brockton, MA 1946-49 * Fort Lauderdale 1950-66 * Northern Virginia (Army) 1967-69 * North Lauderdale 1970-72 * Coconut Creek 1973-87 * St. Louis 1988-89 # Northern Virginia (again) 1990-2000 * Destin, FL 2001-08 * The Villages - Amelia/Hadley
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