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Old 12-24-2020, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
I tried getting hubby to agree we should retire to a whole different state. West Virginia, New Mexico, or southern Arizona. He was against all three. He saw the Villages, decided he'd move there when he retired, and if I didn't want to go, he'd miss me. At another point during our "decision years" we had to move faster than previously thought due to a plant shut-down at his job. We were considering South Carolina to be closer to his sister. But he convinced me that it would be more beneficial to ME to be in the Villages, where there was a lot more to do as a retiree, and I wouldn't feel so isolated as I would in a house on 2 acres of land, not in walking distance to anything at all, and your nearest neighbors might fly the Rebel Flag.

So we agreed that we would move to Florida, but only if we could move to the Villages. No other place in Florida. I already lived in this state once, hated it with the burning passion of someone trying to walk on their hands through a bed of hot coals while needles are inserted into their fingernails. I still don't like Florida. I never will. But the Villages makes it tolerable.
Too bad you hate Florida so much.I had no idea you hated this state with the passion of a thousand suns. Unlike you, OBB, I LOVE it here. After too many years fighting the cold winters of NY and NJ, shoveling snow and dodging black ice on the roads and my driveway, I'm happy as a pig in sh!t to be living in paradise which is Florida. Living in The Villages is just a bonus!
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