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Originally Posted by Trish Crocker
Can someone please give me some input. We are getting close to retirement and are seriously considering the Villages. The one problem I have tho is the fact that my husband is very concerned about summer in Florida. I find it quite funny that most Michiganders think nothing about staying inside 8 months of the year because of the cold but think that having to stay inside with the air is intolerable during a Florida summer.. How is summer in the Villages?? Do most people adapt or do the stereotypical humid, musty, moldy..etc etc ideas hold any merit. Thank you so much and I'm really, really hoping to join all of you soon!
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to TOTV. Hello Trish. It sounds like you may hail from Michigan. I've spent 50 winters in the midwest (Iowa and Chicago area). I dislike winter more each year. This past February the Chicago area had a blizzard, and my office was closed on day of the blizzard because the roads were impassable. On the "snow day" I watched my homeowner's association use a bobcat to plow out some of my neighbor's front doors as they had snowdrifts higher than 5 feet, and they could not exit their townhouses through their front doors. I made up my mind right then that I was not going to spend my golden years in the snow belt.
I visited TV last year in July for the first time with friends. I really liked what I saw. This July I will be renting in TV for a week to get a brief taste of what it is like to be a TV resident, and to see if TV is for me at some point in the future. If you can take a Lifestyle Preview Visit through TV's sales office or rent in TV for a week or two or three during the summer, maybe that would help you make your decision. I have found that summer rentals in TV are quite reasonably priced. Remember that you don't have to shovel heat and humidity. Good luck to you.