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Old 08-24-2024, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by justjim View Post

We recently had good friends (compared housing cost) and they chose North Carolina over Florida. They had visited The Villages a couple of times.
We considered the Myrtle Beach area and went there for two consecutive winters only to find at least half of everything closed and both times we got freezing temperatures with both freezing rain and snow forcing the golf courses to close. That’s when we decided on the Villages. If you don’t want winter, north of Florida doesn’t cut it. We have no regrets, the only two things I dislike about Florida is all the lightning and insurance cost, both homeowners and auto.