So let's start you off with a new "good" habit: Sumter is spelled Sumter, not Sumpter. Okay that's out of the way.
Next - the upside to Lopez area is that there's less traffic EXCEPT on El Camino Real and the Buena Vista roundabout at the Savannah Center. But you get the Savannah Center, which is a great upside. The MMPs (multi-modal paths) will get you through some of the prettiest areas of the northern half of The Villages. It's close to the hospital and The Villages Health, but far enough away you won't hear ambulances or the medicopter buzzing around all the time. You're closer by car than anyone else to the taqueria on 301 (that's a huge upside, to me). Your newest rec center, First Responders, has free video games. Bonds are all paid, and the developer isn't interested in expanding up there so you don't have to worry about your street becoming a thruway.
Downside - you're far away from everything else by golf cart.
Neutral - it's not THAT far, if you're doing your weekly shopping and want to make a morning or afternoon of it. You can get to Southern Trace for Publix, then to the end of Wedgewood and across for Fresh Market and Petco, pick up a new 6-pack of Hanes for Hers at Marshall's, have lunch at NY Pizza or any of the myriad of restaurants and fast-food joints in the area, and still be home in time for your pickleball game.
Spanish Springs Town Square is only around 20 minutes down El Camino Real by golf cart, 10 by car, Sumter Landing maybe a half hour since you'd be coming in off Stillwater at Buena Vista or 15-20 minutes by car depending on traffic. So if you're looking for live music/dancing and socializing with groups, it's really not that far.
Brownwood and Sawgrass would be a trek.
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