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Originally Posted by linandvin

We visited St. Augustine since 1987 and thought it would be paradise to live here. So we sold our home in 2002 and after the kids graduated, we headed to Sunny St. Aug. Although it is beautiful and friendly here, we still miss the culture and the New York lifestyle. It always feels like vacation here, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but as my principal in NY said, "How can you have Spring without Winter?" This year was unusually bad for the northeast. Home is still NY and always will be. We have visited the Villages a few times but are not totally sold.

Didn't mean to sound snarkey the other day, but I've lived & loved the city life and really feel it's time for a change.
Sitting here in Emporia, Va on our way to TV, and really looking foward to our new life.

If you miss NY so much, why not just go back for awhile. Take a vacation or rent a "summer house" in the spring or the fall, when they are cheaper,
and find out if that is the life you want.
If it is, then do it, it's never too late.

As to your principal, San Diego has spring all year, what's so bad about that?