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Originally Posted by senior citizen
You sound like our kind of people. We also enjoy our home and would definitely put in our own pool with birdcage off the lanai. Our adult children and grandchildren would love it and say they would visit often.
Since I agree with another poster that the airport is too far away and quite HUGE, we are happy to host family and friends in our own home.
We are not bar / saloon people......so that wouldn't be a draw for us.
Neither would be the nightly entertainment in the town squares, although originally I thought it would be.
However, the entire area is beautifully landscaped and was very pleasant; the homes we stayed in were finely built.......so nothing to complain about there...........like you, we are used to having all of our small town services close by....within a few minute....meaning couple of minute drive or walk........so I do "hear you" re the distances to get places.
We were there during perfectly gorgeous weather..........such as we are experiencing now in Vermont. However, each time we drive north in our state, through the central portion that was totally devasted by the floods from Irene, landslides, bridges and roads destroyed (and just now being repaired).........even with our beautiful weather, we do realize that as we "age in place" we'd be better off in The Villages......in a flat home, with no steps.......and in a warmer climate........although the humidity is not a favorite of ours........so far, it's the middle atlantic states that have had the worst weather.......and Florida seems to be quite peaceful for now.
This book I am reading , "Evil in Paradise" portrays the Villages as people with lots of "past lives" and I'm not talking reincarnation.......plus some of the characters are now showing more violent natures........not all live in The Villages, but do interact with them (in the plot of the book)....but the ones who own businesses on the highways on the perimeter of TV, seem to have very criminal natures..........whomever that author is who wrote the book.......does have his or her "area down pat". I wonder how much of this new book is factual........and how much is just written for sensationalism?? Who is this author that knows so much about TV?
As far as density, the book is almost comical in how the "neighbors" keep track of other neighbors' comings and goings.......maybe the houses are too close? Also, in the book, what you see in the retired folks isn't necessarily what they were "before" they came to TV. Again, past lives.
The book claims the population is 90,000 in THE VILLAGES.
We had thought it was 70,000. Still huge....considering we live in a totally self contained town of 16,000 which has everything, including two colleges, a great hospital and every service one needs without leaving town.
We saw no snakes or other creepy things, except one coyote.......which obviously you can't say.......but we saw it for sure. Have them here as well.........
My husband is always talking about TV........whereas, originally, I was the one who thought it would be great. I think he misses the heated inground pool under the birdcage and off the lanai.......
We had one in our other home (still in Vermont) which took a lot more work as far as cleaning, uncovering, covering, etc..........
We are slowly coming to terms with the fact that TV would be good for us, irregardless of the traffic and the summer heat. It's a very pretty place........for sure.
We love all of our grandchildren (six of them) but as they grow we can see they are super busy with extracurricular and school / church activities.........so being in close proximity is not necessary; if you build it they will come !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The book "Evils in Paradise" you are reading and ask who the author is? Help!
Maybe this will help, from Amazon;
book description.
Cathy Roberts has it all-an exciting life in a fabulous retirement community, a beautiful home, an expensive automobile, a doting husband, and five wonderful grandchildren. But it isn't enough for the attractive, well-spoken Cathy. Filled with an insatiable desire for self-gratification, she wants more. Then, as fate would have it, she meets a handsome and single ex-truck driver, Eric Lowe, and the sparks begin to fly. Captivated by the exciting and much younger Lowe, she wants to spend the rest of her life with him, free from the constraints of her marriage. During a chance meeting with a troubled Harley rider at a local bar, Cathy finds her ticket to freedom. The resulting story takes the reader on a gripping journey filled with broken promises, forbidden liaisons, violent confrontations, and finally, murder.
About the Author:
In his fifth novel, R B Conroy uses the setting of his winter home in central Florida to create yet another murder-mystery thriller. The Villages, Florida, a diverse and exciting community, provides the backdrop for this spine tingling tale of greed, deception, and murder. As this book goes to print, Conroy is hard at work on the outline for his next exciting novel.
R B Conroy's other novels include: Devil Rising, Return of the Gun, In My Father's Image and Deadly Game.
Sure sounds like fiction to me.