Wow! All of your comments on "That's My Spot" post just made me decide what to do with our 3rd bedroom! We have enough exercise equipment to fill the room which can all be folded up when we have guests. I don't mind exercising on my own when classes are crowded and then joining the classes in less crowded times. That way we get more use out of the room anyway. One of the things my husband and I have relished in our retirement is the ability to be flexible, which now sometimes means avoiding rush hour and/or crowds that we don't wish to be a part of. We've learned to enjoy doing things at different times to add some variety to our lives and know that we'll even enjoy some of the crowded activities in TV that we've not had the opportunity to previously experience. Same thing with the restaurants. On our last visit, our new friends introduced us to the 4-5 PM, $5 - $6, Gator's menu. It not only saved us some money but allowed us some early evening (and different) activities that we might otherwise not have had the opportunity to enjoy. After 3 visits (and reading TOTV comments), I got over my initial "utopia" impression of TV. To us, it still beats every place else we've been and offers a wonderful lifestyle with (mostly) wonderful people to live out the rest of our lives. Life is too short to dwell on the negative. We can't wait to get to our new home in 2012 in the Village of St. James!! Thanks to all for setting realistic expectations on living in The Villages. "Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."
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