[Michael 61]

The Villages will continue to adapt and evolve has it always has - the community is so different now than it was 25 years ago, and yet still continues to thrive. It’s expensive living anywhere, and retiring to warm weather destinations will always be a draw. So many of my generation and younger live now or came from very expensive housing market areas, and saw our cost of living dramatically decrease by moving to Florida and The Villages (even with current insurance rate increases). Many of us paid cash for new homes here, based on the equity we had built up, with money left over for other things (housing upgrades, travel, etc.) This seems to be true for many of the new residents south of 44.

What happens to The Villages after we’re all gone is anyone’s guess, but for now and the foreseeable future, I see The Villages as a continued “draw” for the last of the boomer generation and the gen-x generation that is starting to relocate here.