I was not speaking negatively when I said I though TV is like a tourist area. I like those kind of towns because things stay vibrant and it is fun to live where other people come to visit and are happy being there and enjoying life. We have a half acre in Seattle and are happy to be transitioning to a beautiful backyard with little upkeep, we pay a lot now for weekly landscaping in Seattle as we do not have time to look after property this size with so much lush greenery and flowers. There are lots of places to buy less expensive and bigger more palatial homes in Florida-it is a foreclosure paradise except in TV, though there are some there too. You are paying for the lifestyle, the beauty and maintenance of everywhere you turn; the activties, entertainment, golf cart roads, etc. If you love it, live it. If you don't, choose somewhere else. It seems so simple to me. When you make your choice of where to go, you do so because it fulfills you. If you find a lot wrong with a place, look elsewhere. My husband would never have considered retirement before we found TV. He always says when his clients retire, and then he meets with them a few months later, they tell him how they fell off the roof cleaning the gutters or are not doing anything because of the rainy weather....it was not attractive to him. Then he saw everyone living life with retirement, and now we will too! Thank you The Villages!
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