To get 5 excellent responses when I had hoped for just one half-way knowledgeable ones is amazing. You TVers are fantastic.
Comparing Sun City and TV I can say this since we took a tour of TV a week ago. We have lived in Sun City West for 5 years. First, there are actually 4 Sun City branded communities in this area. Sun City (the original one started in 1960), Sun City West, Sun City Grand, and Sun City Festival. All built by Del Webb which is now Pulte. 17,000 people live in SCW. SCW has older but good facilities that are constantly being upgraded. The one big difference is not the number of organizations, facilities, and activities (TV wins those numbers hands down) but that SCW has crafts clubs such as woodshop, silversmithing, model railroading, stained glass, computers, sewing, ceramics, lapidary, metal shop, art, weaving, photography, that have their own rooms and in some cases their own , buildings. See
http://www.scwclubs.com I did not see any rooms like this in TV. Other than that the two communities are very similar. Our annual Rec Center fee is around $750 for two people. That gives us access to every facility. Golf costs around $27 a round. Each club has a membership fee. Woodshop has a $25 annual fee and pickleball has $15. There is a facilities fee that you pay when you first buy your house. I do not know what that is now. We have 4 rec centers that have pools, gyms, meeting rooms, and crafts rooms. If you have any other questions about Sun City West I will try to answer them. The Rec Center has a decent website at
http://www.rcscw.com/