I moved from the suburbs of Baltimore that had a population of about 200,000, Bel Air & Abingdon, Maryland. We actually had two Kohls stores, one being a 2 story store, so it was decent size towns and we had eveything we really needed. I never went into the city unless to see a ball game.
The Villages was about 35 square miles before the new construction started south of SR44 about two years ago. I would guess it's got to be about 40 square miles now including the new areas, that about twice the size of the towns I came from.
With the area so big and spread out, as mentioned, renting is a really great idea. If you know you would only buy new, my home here was my eight and everyone was new, so that would narrow your choices a lot and maybe negate renting. If you're eager to live in the established areas, which is the 35 square mile area, then renting might be a great idea.
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