Thanks for the responses so far. You guys are the best! As of now, I don't think a golf cart is in the cards because I'll be renting my place out part of the time, and the landlord (TV's own property manager) doesn't allow golf carts because of the potential liability. And now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't get a scooter with a seat, even a foldable one, because it would be too big and heavy to put in my car every time I rent the place out. So an electric stand up scooter might be better. I would use it to go to the places that are not quite walking distance but too close to drive to (like that town center 1.4 miles away). OrangeBlossomBaby, the idea of a skateboard sounds interesting, but probably not for me. I can't wait to see some of us in the over age 55 crowd tooling around town on a skateboard though!
Oh, that reminds me. I saw a post on another board that said you don't have to be age 55+ to buy a resale. Is that true? I thought HUD requires 80% of a community's residents to be that age in order to remain a designated senior housing development.
Fortunately my place is a half mile from two Villages rec centers and a mile from a regional rec center. I look forward to walking to those. That's one of the reasons I decided on this particular house. I'm looking forward to pickleball, volleyball, wood shop, bridge, singing and jamming, lifelong learning, strolling the nature trails and all the other activities the Villages is so well known for. TV seems to be right up my alley as I'm single, active and love to get out and do stuff.
JohnW, you are probably right that we need hurricane insurance because it also covers tornadoes, so thanks for that.
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