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Originally Posted by Sherry8bal
I would recommend On Top Of The World, in Ocala FL. They are a much smaller and REALLY GATED community with used homes and new homes, in many styles and prices. Some have a higher HOA fee and includes your lawn maintenance and other things and then there are other sections with a smaller HOA fee but you get less.
They have added lots of new amenities and new recreation buildings and pools in the last few years too.
Even though you don't own the land your home is built on, you get a 99 year lease so what difference does that make!!!
The fact that it really is GATED unlike the Villages who lie about this being a gated community is a real plus. They have also added a new frontage road so you now have access to a bank, a new Publix and a few restaurants accessible by golf cart.
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I would prefer a deed over a lease any time. I don't believe I was ever told TV was a gated community by any one associated with TV. A gated community doesn't keep criminals out, I have lived in true gated communities and just about anyone who would like to commit a crime can easily get through in a number of different ways, I don't see it as being a plus. Most of the crime in TV is not within the gates but in public areas within and around TV. I haven't heard or read of a residential burglary in the nearly 4 years I have been full time so there must not be many if any of them. 130,000 people in a gated community would be a nightmare, there would be a line of non-residents a mile long at every entry point waiting to gain permission to get in for whatever reason. And more long lines with residents waiting their turn to get through the gates.