We came here on the lifestyle program a few years back, then also rented here subsequently. We enjoyed our time here but saw ourselves more as prospective snowbirds than permanent residents. However in the fall of 2020 Minneapolis and St. Paul were in the throes of rioting, violence, and looting to the extent that housing in about a 60-mile ring around those two cities skyrocketed in value, as persons living and working in those areas sought to put some distance between themselves and the unrest. Our house was one such. It was the perfect time, we found an incredibly good deal here when my wife came down to house-shop, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Why here and not another part of Florida? We talked about it, but TV is designed for retirees; not just all the golf and other activities, but the structure of the residences, shopping in TV and nearby, etc. are all conducive to healthy and active senior living. Plus its inland enough so that hurricanes are not a major problem. No other place in Florida met our needs the way "the world's largest open-air nursing home (as my wife calls it) than The Villages.
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