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Originally Posted by Funinthesun
It is pretty much a given that most retired people in TV are very happy. My question is, would you be just as happy and content if you were retired and living in a different location, such as your last place of residence before moving to TV? How big of a part has TV played in you having satisfaction in your retirement years? Had you just as soon to continue working if you could not live in TV? Thanks, Fun
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I can not even imagine living the past 13 years up north! We would have "enjoyed" high heating oil bills, paying a state income tax, paying a high excise tax on vehicle registrations, shoveling snow, a good six months of mostly cold, gray days and probably many more years of work so that we could "enjoy" all of the above. We never looked seriously at any other retirement communities because we saw The Villages first. We knew on our first visit that nothing could ever top this place. Spanish Springs Town Square wasn't even completed when we moved here and we had no idea of what was to come as far as future development. But, there was already much more here than we saw in any other over-55 communities that we looked at. There are not enough words to describe how big a role The Villages has played in our happiness in retirement. Just today, riding through the many areas on our way to play golf, I still marveled at what I saw. No matter which way I turned my head there were such beautiful vistas. I could never have predicted how happy I would be in these later years of my life. Yes, I love going back up north to see my family and friends but entering The Villages property, upon my return, never fails to bring happiness to my heart. It's "Home" and I wouldn't want "Home" to be any other place on the planet.