We were lucky enough to have good friends that own a house in the Villages who invited us to visit several times. With each visit, as we got older and became seniors, the Villages grew on us more. Then our friends gave us an extended stay at their home as a gift. During that time my wife and I experienced as much of the Villages lifestyle as we could fit in and we were sold on becoming Villagers. We also took a couple of winter trips to Myrtle Beach and quickly realized if one really wants to escape winters the you need to go further south. When we decided to purchase a home we got a rental so that we could take our time and not get hurried into making the wrong decision. We really wanted to buy the right home the first time and not experiment and wind up moving. We wanted to live either north of 466 or just south of Lake Sumter, have a private back yard with room to add a good size pool/birdcage, and not be on a busy road. It all worked out great. Good luck : )
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