When we moved to The Villages 12yrs ago it was about the lifestyle for us and we understood there was a premium to be paid for that. We had a wish list of items we wanted in a house but ended up getting only two items off the list in our price range, one most important to us was a pool.
Then last year we decided to explore leaving and searched throughout FL with an emphasis on fulfilling our original wish list. Our search ended when we found a spec home in OTOW with 8 of our 9 wish list items and that was it. Yes the lifestyle here is a bit more subdued then TV but that is ok as we have the house we wanted and are making new friends plus we are only 35 minutes from our many friends in TV.
Counter point to a couple of previous posts, yes SR200 is very busy road but since moving here we have learned of the back road network that provides us quick easy much less traffic ways to get to I-75 or even beyond I-75 in a lot less time.
Also we do have golf cart access to shopping/restaurants albeit much less access than we had in TV.
Good luck with your search & decision.
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