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Dpingram,

If it helps you appreciate the choice you made buying in Buttonwood please read the private message excerpted below that I sent to a fellow blogger. In addition, I would add that when I was in TV this past week I chatted with a couple on the golf course in Buttonwood. They moved from another part of TV to Buttonwood because they were attracted to the warm interactions they experienced in our neighborhood. TV throughout is very friendly, but I find our neighborhood especially expressive of that quality. From my posts you can see I researched Buttonwood pretty thoroughly before I handed over my deposit. As other bloggers have pointed out TV is surrounded on all of it's boundaries by areas having a different vision and lifestyle from TV. There is no other place in the entire United States like TV. And, no matter where you go in TV, every village offers the same quality, beauty, and cleanliness in the amenities. That's what is so wonderful about the vision and lifestyle every village enjoys equally with every other village in TV.

Excerpted from PM
"Buttonwood is one of the newest villages in TV. The population in TV seems to be attracting more and more younger retirees--individuals and couples who move there as soon as they can retire. So, more people in their late 50s/early 60s. These younger newcomers tend to buy in the newer villages because the available land allows them to build one of the TV house plans with features suited to their taste. The already built neighborhoods have only resale homes available.

I chose Buttonwood for the following reasons:
1) available land
2) Is on west side of TV where the new town square is going in
3) is on the same side of TV as the Adult Learning Center, important to me
4 is in the middle section of TV so I have good access to amenities north and south
5) new Sweetbay grocery is going in not far from Buttonwood
6) close to Sea Breeze rec center (Bahamas theme, which I love)

Disadvantages of Buttonwood:
Is on edge of TV that is adjacent to county land not owned by TV. Via GoogleEarth I can see the county has houses there now and per Sumter County Future Land Use map (available at Sumter Co website) I can see the area adjacent to TV where I'm buying is zoned residential by the county. Another slight disadvantage is CSX railroad has a depot in Wildwood, the city next to TV on the southwest. But other Buttonwooders have said the train sounds are faint in the distance, but audible nonetheless."

One final thought: Where I currently live in Atlanta we have multi-million dollar homes within earshot of a train. This does not deter buyers because they're seeking to locate in the nearby award winning school district. Unless one moves to Beverly Hills, CA every community has some issues. And, even then, as soon as you leave the boundaries of Beverly Hills the not so equally beautiful rest of LA is right outside. To me TV is a lot like Beverly Hills, only much more down-to-earth and welcoming.

Chris (my real name)