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Originally Posted by Kenswing
There are houses built along the side of freeways, highways and turnpikes all across this country. It’s amazing how big a deal it is here. Just figure out what your noise tolerance is and find a neighborhood that falls within it.
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Great point perfectly stated. We live probably a quarter mile from the turnpike. I can see the trucks from my lanai. In our house we usually hear nothing. On the lanai it is background noise but does not bother us. The sound of a barking dog or wind chimes are far more irritating than the bit of noise we hear from the turnpike, and those can happen anywhere,
I think all these comments about the turnpike (and how misguided all of us are who bought down here, or how we failed to do our due diligence) which seem to show up here with great frequency, do a great disservice to those of us who live down here and like it, to our property values, and to The Villages in general.
Driving down highways all over this country we have seen what I would consider to be mansions facing major roads. People live happily in diverse conditions. If you know you are super sensitive to that type of noise the only thing that makes sense is to not buy near it. Otherwise, why this constant need to pass judgement on the decisions of others whose needs and requirements are different from your own?