Hi Pat,
I just moved to TV literally a month ago. All of my surrounding neighbors came over to say hello, introduce themselves, etc. and I have found my neighborhood to be very friendly. In fact, I met one of my neighbors even before I moved here when I was just here with the Realtor doing an inspection.
You do need to make an effort if you want to get involved in different things; however, I've found it to be very easy and people very friendly. Once you move here, you'll have a brief orientation where they take your photo, give you your card, etc., etc. You'll need the card whenever you participate in anything.
Every week there's an activities paper that can be picked up at any of the numerous rec centers. You can also access the activities on-line. Basically, pretty much anything you want to do is here. They also have beginners lessons for things like pickleball (which I'm going to do shortly).
I think you'll find it's pretty easy to get to know people here; anyway, I've found that to be the case. I'm in a neighborhood up by Spanish Springs (El Cortez gate by Chula Vista) and I really like this neighborhood -- couldn't ask for better or friendlier neighbors. If you're moving to a loft, you'll probably meet other residents there immediately.
I think the TV is a retirement community where people expect to have fun, expect to meet new people and go out of their way to be friendly and welcoming. I personally love TV and glad I made the move. Note: as for all the activities, you can go on line to the villages website and use the calendar to find activities. When you click on them it will provide the name and phone number of a contact person for that event. Depending where "up north" you're coming from, there's also a few clubs from specific states.
Hope this information helps. When you get here, you can send me a private message through this site if you want and I'm more than willing to share what I know (although that's probably not too much right now -- "I don't even know what I don't know yet" - LOL -- but, learning!).
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