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Hi all,

Just me and the wife and I am going to be the spokesperson. We have lived in the Atlanta area most of our lives even though we are not born there. I am fully retired for 2 years and not worried about staying busy as I can always find ways to entertain myself. She likes her job and wants to continue for a few more years so we are not quite ready for a move of any kind.

Have a very nice community north of here called Soleil but it was stopped cold by the housing bust and has several poured basements with no house on them. They look like they were bombed out bunkers, eek. Been to a few places around TV but not impressed. Would love to retire in CA as SoCal has, in my opinion, the absolute best weather in the country, however, the price of real estate is down right scary for anything near the beach. (I feel if you are going to live in SoCal you have to live near the ocean to justify the expense) However, do not want to live in paradise and be "house poor". So good weather has its price and in the end I have often heard life is all about friendships. With that in mind we are contemplating leaving our "dream home" for a bigger and hopefully healthier social life.

We have been down for a couple of visits with friends that live in TV. During that time we saw some homes and got to look around the town, however, we didn't get to just take their Golf Car and explore on our own. Consequently, we booked the preview and aren't telling them we are coming down. (Hence the anonymity in this msg in case they see it) Looking forward to getting the full experience on our own and meeting new people unencumbered by our friends' influence or preferences.

Thanks for reading and if you see a couple with a cat on a leash in TV Dec 20-23 it will be us and please say hello.

Look forward to having a great time.