[villages07]

DJ,

Welcome...and, yep, it is as wonderful if not better down here than what you have read and digested so far. Best suggestion is to book a lifestyle preview visit with your fiancee and experience it firsthand for yourself.

Community Standards aka deed compliance is, in my opinion, a reasonable set of rules. A van in the driveway is fine, a dump truck or boat is not. These standards are actually set by the Developer and enforced by employees of the community district government...not directly by residents. The CDD govt structure inserts a level of professional management and operation that you don't see in a lot of homeowner's associations. With our size, it really is more like a town govt than an HOA.

Jobs....this might be your biggest source of disappointment. It's hard to find career jobs that pay what you're used to earning in NH. Of course, overall cost of living here is lower but you'd have to really crunch the numbers to see what and when you can afford.

Credit Unions...I'm seen Campus FCU and Fairwinds CU around, with local branches.

Good luck.