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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
My wife and I are planning to take a lifestyle visit soon (probably April) and we will be able to judge for ourselves whether the Villages lifestyle is for us (will take less persuading for me than for the misses I'm afraid). However it is obvious to me that a 5 or 6 day visit with all the freebies you get, will quite possibly offer a rather unrealistically positive view. For example, practically every time we go on a vacation we fall in the area and feel we would love to live there full or part time - after all, who doesn't have fun on vacation?
I have spent a lot of time on TOTV the last month and have learned a lot, while feeling I have virtually (literally) gotten to know some of you well. Almost everyone on TOTV is wildly positive about the villages, but that stands to reason -- who is going to spend time on a site about a place they are ambivalent about or downright dislike? 
So my question, at last: Do you really feel that the vast majority of people in the Villages seem as pleased with it as you do? Do you think the regular contributors to TOTV offer a good and representative cross-section of TV or a skewed view to the positive? I am not trying to start a war of words, but the TV view on this site is very rosy, and I am trying to get a balanced view. Thanks! Ed  |
Hi Eweissenbach, I do think the vast majority of people in TV are pleased with it. It's hard to be objective about this, but here's a try:
1) When we came down for visits before buying, every chance we got, we asked Villagers how they felt about living there. Guess what percentage said they loved it? Not 50% or 60% or 80%. It was actually 100%!
2) We bought in an established neighborhood where many of our neighbors have lived for 6+ years. All of them that we have met are still enthusastic after all these years.
3) Sometimes we live where we do because we were born there, or have family, or found work there or were tranferred. Living in TV is more of an unconstrained choice than living in most places is. Likewise, people would probably be less constrained by family or jobs to stay in TV if somehow, unimaginably, they didn't like it. (oops, so much for objectivity)
4) And now over Bogie Shooter's objections and putting all objectivity aside, I will say again, TV serves way better Koolaid. There just does not seem to be another place to live that measures up, imo.
5) Ask yourself, "what's not to like"? If you figure it out, let me know.
