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Originally Posted by Michael 61
This is my first full-time summer here in The Villages (I visited several times last summer before buying this past December.). As a full-time resident, summer is very different than the winter here (and I'm not referring to the obvious weather and temperature difference). Though I love the temperate winter climate here, I'm also enjoying the summer "vibe" right now. My villa neighborhood is well over half empty (between snowbirds who have left and the many short-term rentals that aren't being occupied right now.) The restaurants are a breeze to get into with no wait. Seating is plentiful at the squares. Traffic is lighter. Parking at the shopping centers is easy. The congestion on the turnpike and I-75 is less. Hotel prices are slashed for short over-nights to beach communities.
And speaking of weather, it has not been a big issue at all (I was kinda worried I wouldn't be able to handle summers here). The AC makes indoors very comfortable. I am still spending time out on my screened birdcage (morning coffee and again at dusk). And summer has not curtailed my outdoor activities in the morning (pickle ball, golf, shuffleboard) and water volleyball in afternoons.
This truly is a great community in all seasons.
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I am not there but I can feel the vibe as you describe it. When I was in college I attended two very large state universities (U of Cincinnati and Ohio State), and I lived slightly off campus and attended summer classes. It was great. Facilities built to handle 40 or 50 thousand students, with only 5 or 10 thousand on site. Small classes, nobody at the athletic facilities, or student union, and plenty of parking. At OSU, in particular, I still remember looking out my window on the Sunday night before Fall Semester would start, and my quiet, peaceful street would be bumper to bumper with parked cars. And I could feel my heart sink.
I'm sure it's a more gradual transition as we 'birds return a few at a time.
Enjoy the summer! I may be a full timer someday, but family and friends who I miss the 7 months I spend in TV, give me great motivation to return north for summers.