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Originally Posted by paullynnchin
Hello My husband and I are from Buffalo, NY. My husband will retire next year and we are looking to purchase a home in TV. All the neighborhoods seem great for different reasons. So it can be a hard decision to make. Please share with us the area you live in and why you like it there. Anything you can tell us would be great. Thanks
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As Buffalonians, I can say you will be very welcome here. Don't be discouraged that when you arrive, 726 of the first 1000 new folks will open their eyes real wide and say: 'Snow!'. 273 will giggle and say 'Snow!' That leaves one person, another Buffalonian, who will just give you a big hug.
The neighborhood is less important than the style of house. Villas can be very private, designers very 'fishbowl'. Think of your preferences. We have the ultimate heaven on earth, a villa with a big fenced-in corner yard, on a golf course with the cart path on the far side, the perfect sun orientation, and so private that only the roof of one distant house is visible. Briar Meadow is right next to all necessary shopping, a great neighborhood pool, exercise trail, dog park, and a complete recreation center. All this with no traffic. And this is really big for us - six years of plant growth makes this a lush, luxurious area. I don't want to find fault with the new areas down south, but I didn't want to wait years to live around that great foliage. The knock on the northern areas of The Villages is that they are not right next to the town squares, or 'central' enough. Folks up here think that's overrated and don't mind traveling a few extra minutes to get to a square. From what I hear, ALL villages have the same collection of wonderful, positive people. If your street is in a low traffic area, you will get to meet and interact with them. Some Villages streets and locations make that much more difficult.
Anyway, you are making a great decision to come here. Welcome!