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Originally Posted by TOMCAT
My husband and I want to downsize and live in a smaller home with little maintenance. We have been to The Villages a couple of times and almost moved there.
To make a long story short, our only child moved back to our state and now lives about 10 minutes away from us with our grandkids. I have been looking at 55+ communities here in New York, but nothing as nice as The Villages is here. Did anyone have this dilemma of leaving family for a better quality of life?
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It is certainly a hard decision. In the long run, if you get to spend tons of time with your family now, and you are an integral part of the grandkids lives, you might miss them here. We are snowbirds and spend half our time here and half near the kids. I miss the kids when we are here but I love living here. At some point we will live here more - maybe 9 months instead of 6 months per year. But I do miss the kids. Not an easy decision. My kids have not come to visit because they own their own business and can’t take off work.