[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

All valid points, until you consider the original question of increasing the age requirement in The Villages.

Witness the current buying demographic in TV ... the south. Younger, more active, different needs, wants and motivations.

All the amenities and other considerations you mention, are primarily of interest to active, younger "retirees". The average 80 year old, isn't playing golf every day, swimming in the pool and get cranked up at Happy Hour. The TV demographic target is really 55-70 (72?)? If TV raised the "age limitation", they would be looking at narrowing their potential buying demographic by at least 50%.

TV is already an anomaly, in that their age-restricted housing is more expensive than surrounding non-age restricted housing, primarily because of the amenities offered.

There's no big secret why the TV Developers have been on a mission for the last 5-10 years, with expansion to the South. They need more potential buyers, so they've created a new "suburb" to TV down South, with fewer amenities and less of what "makes TV, TV" ... with prices more consistent with neighboring areas. The 55-65 year old demographic, is a much larger and profitable target audience than the 66-70 year old bracket.

The South doesn't even look like TV, it looks like every other subdivision in Central Florida. Most of those folks have "bought a home, not a lifestyle". People buy homes, primarily for (3) reasons: investment, shelter or lifestyle. The folks down South are mostly buying shelter, some investment. In the more traditional area of TV, most folks bought for lifestyle. There are way more shelter/investment buyers, than there are lifestyle buyers.

Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.

"My mileage may vary"---------That's very, VERY funny. Very impressive, and a good way to end a post. I would say that this IS a teachable moment. A moment where I am mostly the student. Your 1st post was about a complex subject - it was 2 sentences long. Which left some people confused (I assume that I was NOT the only one). Your last post was about 12 sentences long. It was much more clarifying to an average reader (me). What may be teachable (?) is what someone on video TV once said, "words, Sheldon, use your words".

However, there was one little idea in that post that I am still "hazy" about. I will re-read it a few times and then perhaps have some more questions?