3 day visit
Thanks for the useful input. I should have given more information, I am still 4-5 years from retirement and am basically doing my due diligence concerning where I would like to retire. I just really want to get a feel for the place.
Did a visit last fall to the Village at Deaton Creek which is a Sun City development in north Georgia and it really didn't grab me as a place to retire. There were only 2 activities over the weekend, one was pickleball which had a total of 3 teams with 4 players each and a tailgate party. At the tailgate party at the rec center the Georgia Bulldogs were playing the Colorado Buffaloes. We showed up and there were 5 people there who were all very nice but if thats all thats going on I might as well not even move as I can scare up more activity than that where I'm currently living.
It's funny, virtually everyone there had visited or heard of The Villages and that was the standard of reference for all 55+ communities that everyone talked about. Somebody there told me about 2/3 of the residents at Deaton Creek were there because of proximity to children and grandchildren.
I understand that the LSP's get more expensive as one comes back for several visits but have decided to try off season as opposed to coming for the first visit during Febuary which would probally be too crowded to get familiar with the place.
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