[jinker]

Both of my sisters lived in Kings Point, a gated community within Sun City Center. I visited them several times a year. Most of Kings Point is multiple family condos, very few single family homes. It was managed by WCI but I understand the residents have purchased the Kings Point common facilities and WCI is only involved in the new construction in other areas of SCC. Golf in Kings Point required a large initiation fee, yearly greens fee and trail fee. My hubby thought it was too expensive. Association fees included the club houses, cable tv, lawn service, shuttle bus, exterminator, outside maintenance, water, sewer and some other things that I can't recall. Sisters were not happy that the association fee went up about 10% almost every year. I thought the SCC itself had little to offer- very few national restaurants or stores, but you are between Sarasota and Tampa. Great outlet mall in Ellenton. Major dept stores in Brandon a suburb of Tampa. Probably would still consider retiring in Kings Point, but since both my sisters went back to the St Louis area, we have decided to locate to central Florida hoping to avoid having to evacuate during severe weather. We are also looking at several communities, but find more info on TV thanks to this website. Plan to make lifestyle visits later this year and narrow my choices. Then the real challenge will be selling our current home.