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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
I was just thinking it might be fun for people to post their experiences that were skeptical or had no intention of buying in TV and had changed their minds after a LSV. Or bought much sooner than expected.
What changed your mind so quickly? Was there one thing you can honestly say convinced you?
I thought it might be good to have this in one thread.
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Everybody who lives here has a similar story!
Friends bought a patio villa here and became snowbirds. The Villages was all they talked about (we're from Chicago area). They kept bugging us to come down and see what it's like. We finally DID, just to get them to stop bugging us!
I didn't expect much and my husband was downright NEGATIVE. Told me to sit up front w/our real estate guy, he was gonna sit in back and take a nap. We began our tour. 5 minutes in, I looked back and he had one eye open, looking around. Another 5 minutes and both eyes are open. Next his arms are on the back of the front seats and he's REALLY looking now! Next thing out of his mouth is, "Show me the homes I can afford!" LOL!
This was March 2007. We purchased in July 2007 and moved in March 2008. We still can't thank our friends enough for bugging us until we finally came to see for ourselves. Nobody "gets it" until they see it in person. It's as much an attitude as it is a lifestyle/place.
What convinced us? What didn't!!?? The beauty, the cleanliness, the safety, the amenities, everyone we saw was friendly/happy. It seemed too good to be true. I must say, this is the one and only time in my life where something that seemed too good to be real, turns out to be pretty much as wonderful as it seems. Compared to any other place on earth, there is VERY LITTLE to complain about living in our community. NO place is PERFECT, but The Villages is about as close as you'll ever come to perfection in a place to live! WE LOVE IT!
