So I double checked and found out that yes - there are older trees in The Villages. None of them are water oaks or laurels though - and those are the ones being considered for removal at the Paradise Rec Center.
There are some southern oaks in the Historic section that are /not/ water or laurel oaks, that are presumably over 300 years old. So that's pretty cool. But they still do eventually die - they're not like Redwoods, which can live over 2000 years.
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