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Old 02-28-2021, 08:55 PM
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I agree with you somewhat. Though I want more tropical sites. Not woods. And yes the area outside of TV is awful. I’d rather be by beaches. I lived in ft lauderdale and liked the beach area. However buying a condo on the beach or close buy is expensive. Depending where you buy. HOA can be up to $500 and hurricane insurance is crazy. You have a condo even a street or two from the beach, you will be required to have hurricane insurance and it’s big bucks. We have friends who have a condo on Cocoa Beach. I would live by the beach in a heart beat. I don’t go into Leesburg either run down old city. Yep don’t like the woods, want beaches and tropical scenery.

We moved to TV from Ft Lauderdale in 2017. We had a home in Ft Lauderdale on a canal since 1995.

We like 'live theatre' and traveled up to West Palm, down to Miami and of course to Broward Center for the Arts to see shows and concerts....Now everything comes to us here in the TV.

Yes it was very nice being that close to some wonderful beaches. We loved to take a walk on the beach after dinner...or go for the day with a picnic....but the traffic and the darn iguanas that constantly walked up and down the canal eating all of our plants finally got to us.