Some people are deeply rooted within their communities. They and/or their families may have spent most of their lives living in one community and feel very much a part of it. Some may even have ancestral roots in a community. I can surely understand their reluctance or emotional inability to leave all their friends, family and other ties behind and transplant themselves into a new community some distance away, both geographically and perhaps culturally, regardless of the weather, social activities, golf courses and other attractions.
Others may not feel so bound, may not like where they grew up or have lived a long time for any number of reasons, may simply desire a change or may have resided many places during their lifetimes and feel rootless to some extent. Moving to an active adult retirement community may be just their cup of tea, especially if they are gregarious and make new acquaintenances easily.
A move to a community such as The Villages is especially easy since most who live in such a community have migrated there from elsewhere and are 55 and older and may share other commonalities. It could certainly help if one knew someone who had made the move who could introduce oneself to people in the area.
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