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Originally Posted by RI401
Hi,
I'm from New England and have been to TV in person. Its grown since then, I have a couple questions while doing research that I have not found.
1.Each town has a theme, but what are the benefits and issues with each area. I assume the area around the main lake is busy and noisy?
2. I see in almost every description, north of 466 or south of same? Why is that important?
Thanks
Bud
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Bud, guessing that when you say 'town' you mean 'Town Square....
Each of the 3 town squares have a different look and feel...however they all have
(in pre-covid 19 times) free live nightly dancing available to the public (chairs provided), restaurants and various retail stores surrounding the squares, and movie theatres....and they have a 1 hour happy hour at the shacks that sell adult drinks on the squares
Spanish Springs is the oldest, this square also has The Sharon, a performance venue similar to (but smaller) than The Wang Theatre that you may be familiar with in Boston where live acts / plays / concerts /etc. are staged
Lake Sumter Landing seems to me to have a Key West or Cape Cod Village feel to it...it offers boating and a waterfront dock that is unique from the other squares...I've never thought that it was noisy or unusually loud
Brownwood's Paddock Square has a Florida Cowboy theme to it...unique to this square is the raised / covered seating at this square for folks to sit in while enjoying the nightly music. On Saturday mornings there is a farmer's market at Brownwood...currently under construction are golf cart bridges that will connect the Villages in the Southern Oaks area to Paddock Square
The only real noise coming from any of the squares is the nightly music...but you really have to be up close to the squares to hear it....and the nightly music shuts down at 9pm nightly anyway. By 9:30pm with the exception of a few restaurant bars that remain open 'the sidewalks in TV are pretty well rolled up'...and traffic on the streets is minimal
regarding the north/south of 466....many people consider that to be the midpoint of the Villages...and use that to gauge the proximity to the squares....that's all that I can share about that. Over the last few years there has been significant development in what is referred to as the South Oaks area
hope this helps a little