We did
We spent years going up one coast and down the other and many of the communities in the middle. What we found were pools and rec rooms the kids ad taken over, only one golf course for the community. The homes in the front of the communities were nice, but when you went a few blocks in, the yards were shabby in most cases.
They were built for 55+ but didn't seem to do anything to promote the friendship that TV does. I'm not sure what good it would do to own a golf cart for most of them as they really weren't that big.
We could find lots of homes (even then) that were cheaper then The Villages, but nothing like the lifestyle in TV.
For us... None of them were what we were looking for... We knew it then. Didn't even take any paperwork away... They all looked the same and so if we were to move to one of the other communities, it wouldn't have mattered much which one we moved to.
But then... That's just me!
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