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Originally Posted by Don Dukes
Ed and Beth Sterling. Do you know them? They are moving down next week! It's all they talk about! They told us to come on this site and thevillages.com.
I've been looking at the "pre-owned" homes and the new homes on thevillages.com. Nice homes, but many of the homes in Florida are a lot less expensive with more options. I'm not sure I get it. I don't mean to be rude. I'm just trying to figure this out.
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Sometimes folks assume you are more familiar with The Villages (TV) than you may be. If you are comparing TV to other retirement communities, you may be right about home prices. One thing you have to consider at TV is it is larger than any other. When you factor in the two, soon to be three, town squares with free nightly music and dancing, plus the shops, restaurants, bowling alleys, movie houses, professional services, doctors, banks and much more can be reached in your golf cart, well no other place compares. Being a Community Development District (CDD) there are some additional expenses you don't have in a regular city or town, but we learned all about that several years ago and it is all doable on our modest budget.
Add to that the unbelievable number of social clubs and activity groups, you won't find another place like TV. It is all about staying active and enjoy as many of our remaining years as the Lord will grant us. No other place has 10 championship (27-hole) golf courses and over 30 executive (par-3) courses to choose from. The person in the lowest priced manufactured home has the same privileges and access as the person with a million-dollar home.
It is a lifestyle change, not just another retirement community. A chance to do the things we all wish we could have done when we were younger. For example, my DW (darling wife) always wanted to be a chorus line dancer (when she was younger). Once we get moved, she'll have a chance to make that dream come true.
THAT, new friend, is why 80,000+ folks call TV home, and another 30,000 of us "gonnabees, wannabees" want to join them!
As many have stated on this forum, it is "lower paradise" (implying it is the greatest place this side of heaven)!! Is it perfect, maybe not, but neither am I and once some friends told us about TV and we saw it in person in 2005, we stopped looking at any other location. It is the place for us - - hands down!!
Hope this helped a little.
Also, I'm one of those, like Ed and Beth, you can't shut up about TV. I'm been accused of being an undercover marketing representative for them!! The best advertising is word of mouth, and after 7 visits, we are "big mouths" about TV!!!!
HEY. . WAIT, I forgot to mention the Broadway caliber shows at the Savannah Center, their own hospital, TV station, radio station and newspaper.
OH HECK. . .then there is the solfball complex and polo grounds! Whew, let me catch my breath. The new assisted living complex and Hospice facility just means that when I can't golf any more she can take me to the assisted living facility in our golf cart!!
I'M THROUGH! MY LIPS ARE SEALED (for now)!
