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Originally Posted by Garywt
I think I have a different take on the original Village. Yes there are some nicer areas but I find it old and a little run down complained to the rest of The Villages. People say they are very strict here but when I drive through I see many dead lawns, lots of weeds and many items sitting around in yards. I always joke with my wife that the area needs some snitches like other areas have. Yes the Villages are putting in new homes on many lots but we did not want to spend $250,000 on a house but be surrounded by older single wide mobile homes, just our take.
Now there are some very nice homes and lots as well, very easy to get to Spanish Springs and to shopping like Lowe’s, Walmart, Aldi, Sonic etc. Many people live over there and I am betting that most are very nice like the rest of The Villages.
Might be a great spot if looking for a home under $200,000. Good luck on your search.
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I have to give you a whole lot of credit. IMHO your post was very kind and if you were running for Mayor I bet you would win. You have some very good observations about the operation on this side of the tracks.
I'd like to share with you a short incident that happened about two years ago. We were entertaining a Good Friend who is filthy rich and lives in a "Prestigious Area" of The Villages on the northern side of Route 44. My wife cooked him a knock out meal and in a bit we took him to one of the pools on The Hysterical Side and to his amazement people talked to him, many of them.
He told me that was so different from where he lived. That people generally kept to themselves. His words, You could be standing next to our adult pool on fire and nobody would push you in to put you out. I was in amazement. He told me it was true and I asked him if he was standoffish or odd or caused that reaction from the people who live around him. He denied it was him, that he was his usual happy self at his pool.
A little dead grass and an occasional house that's hurting seem like a fine trade-off to me.
People over here are priceless! That the most important part to me. There is a sense of Community.
As nice as most are. Shhhh...we have snitches to!
