I am a nature lover too. If you’re a REAL outdoors person who loves quiet tranquil walks in nature, you really won’t find that here. The nature areas they have here you cannot access. You can look from a distance with a hundred other people. Their “walking trails” are typically paved and shared with 1000 other people every morning. When I want to do some quiet nature walks and take a camera for the chance of getting in some good wildlife photography, I have to drive 30-90 minutes away from The Villages. The developer has NOT set up any large enough nature areas where you have an opportunity to see real Florida wildlife without gangs of people cackling around around you. As for sitting in a quiet lanai and not going out for music, dancing and drinking, unless you spend $1M and have your lanai facing a fenced off nature area, you won’t be alone. You can literally sit there and listen to your neighbors conversation from THEIR lanai as if they were sitting with you in your lanai. I came from a quiet nature setting surrounded by woods, deer, Turkey and thousands of birds and I can tell you without a doubt, The Villages is not it. I am here for my wife who loves the social life. For me to enjoy quiet outdoors and be alone with wildlife and no crowds of people, it’s a 75 minute drive to the Ocala National Forest! It’s certainly doable with the drive, but don’t be fooled by the advertisements of nature preserves here in TV. There simply aren’t any that you can access.
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