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Originally Posted by createquilts

just got home after a week lifestyle visit.
Everyone was so nice and helpful. People gave us their phone numbers if we had any questions, as we were driving around the neighborhoods some people came to the car to talk to us as we were obviously looking at homes on the market. While I am sure there are some grumps somewhere, we did not run into them. We did see someone at an adult pool playing loud music, which I thought could be annoying to some, luckily it wasn't something awful.
We heard from several people outside the villages that if you live close, you can enjoy all the villages has to offer and not pay the price. That statement could not be further from the truth. Normally we don't eat out much and the music on the squares, while fun, is not something we would go to regularly. We would move there for the lifestyle that only residents can participate in.
We did feel some frustration at not being able to participate in some things as guests, but of course understand the reasoning and want to be given the same courtesy when we become residents.
Everyone feels their village is the best and were happy to tell us why. That was a lot of fun, hearing this over and over.
I am not sure how you are able to build from scratch, we were overwhelmed looking at sandy plots being able to envision what the area would look like.
Everything was very well maintained, we saw no garbage anywhere, we did not see one unkempt home after driving through numerous neighborhoods.
We had a lot of fun.
we visited several other developments and actually stayed at two others. One had homes that were very nice, but I had an uneasy feeling about the future of the development. The other was a well known developer but there were too few people and the houses were all the same. Both had long lists of activities and clubs, but when you went to the activities, there was no to little participation. One development had few younger people, and one seemed very unfriendly to children visiting.
So after our jaunt around Florida, once our house sells we'll be coming down. Most likely a resale or standing home, but you never know.

Glad you had a good first visit to TV. Like you we couldn't envision building from scratch and bought a pre-owned last month. Moving down permanently in about a month and can't wait.

Good luck with selling the house and look forward to welcoming you to TV!