I love the old trees. Unfortunately, most of the "old" trees in Florida have short shelf-lives and start dying, and have to be removed before they cause damage to nearby building.
My old house up north was built in 1957, and the biggest tree in the back yard was 250 years old. It wasn't even the oldest tree in the neighborhood. But it was a "mama" sugar maple that spawned all of the other sugar maples in a 3-acre perimeter, including 5 other sugar maples in my yard alone.
You won't find 250-year-old trees in The Villages. I doubt you'll even find 150-year-old trees in The Villages. Even water oaks don't live much longer than 50 years.
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