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Originally Posted by RalphTheElder
asianthree, you ask an excellent question about my walking/hiking preferences.
I think in terms of needs and wants.
My need is for non-concrete walking / hiking for 1-2 miles at a time.
My wants are for: walk / hike in nature; walk / hike that has a good amount of shade; walk / hike that involves climbing. I enjoy all of the above elements where I live now, but I am trying to be realistic wrt my criteria.
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*Really* like your style. Find your thoughtful replies anything but cluttering and appreciate your use of the equivalent of "bless your heart" for rather diplomatically straightening out misconceptions. :-) INTP comes to mind, if that means anything to anyone. . .
Had to google Labelle, but see that it's just about a mile to our east. Only been here a few months. Drove through a couple of times (relatives in Ocala), stopping and asking a few questions, before taking a couple of days on a long weekend trip up from SE FL to check out the real estate on our own. Put in an offer on the second day and have been most pleased with the decision.
Essentially all of the surprises, as compared to our "fantasies", have been of the pleasant variety. Have been a little surprised by how much can be heard from nearby lanais and bird cages, but mostly concerned about what they must be hearing out of my strange self. I speak to the video cameras set up for my lanai "driving range" (they make "sponge" balls that aren't loud and don't break stuff). Doesn't begin to compare, to me, to the "nearness of neighbors" issue in a condo on the beach in SE FL. Maybe it's just our particular street, but our neighbors are unbelievably friendly, as compared to anyplace else we've lived in recent decades.
If you can tolerate golf, "hiking" the "pitch and putts" didn't spoil any aspect of the walking experience for "us". Actually might even be missing said hikes since finally getting our golf cart. That also reminds me that a very high percentage of "good info" I've received here has come from the nice folks who sit behind the windows of the "starter's shacks". Good luck in your quest. You sound like the kind of guy who "enjoys the journey". :-)