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Originally Posted by pooh
I haven't really looked at the lake, but have driven through the development Lake Weir Living. There are a number of homes built, but many more undeveloped lots than developed. We would pass through that area when visiting our children in St. Augustine.
It is only a few miles from TV, but it is also a few miles from anything else. Don't seem to be businesses, healthcare providers, recreation, except for the lake, theaters, golf courses, recreation centers....places for friends to get together for gatherings.
I guess the thing that Mike and I found disturbing was the sort of isolation homeowners seem to have there. Of course, this is just our feeling and those who live in the area most likely don't agree with us. Living near a huge lake is wonderful, but after a while, I wonder if it might just seem like not enough. Planning to do everything, shopping, scheduling visits for the dentist, eye doctor, etc. is something we all have to do, but here, it's easier to do since there are many providers close by. If one forgets to get something at the grocery store, it's just a quick trip to Publix, SweetBay or Winn Dixie by golf cart.
I realize that where you now live you don't have the easy golf cart accessibility to so many shops/services, but as we get older, it's nicer to be closer to the services we need, to be able to easily interact with others, to be surrounded with life, living and easier access to the things we like to do or might like to do.
Then again, some do enjoy a more quiet life, surrounded by nature, though there's plenty of that around here....  . If that dam squirrel can't learn how to jump quietly from my roof to the birdcage, I'm going to take down the palm tree that's his ultimate goal....the creature has lead feet!!!  . . |
I think your squirrel migrated to my back yard with his entire family.
They are all getting ready for the colder weather........
I understand exactly what you are saying about the Lake Weir area perhaps being isolated which I pretty much could picture myself......
What got me was they were riding on the coat tails of The Villages, saying that it was only 8 miles away (to medical care providers, shopping and restaurants).
My husband's idea of retirement heaven would be cruising on his boat , FISHING, rather than playing golf out in the heat. He originally bought the big boat for Boothbay Harbor or Camden Maine retirement living......or even York Harbor, Maine........he keeps saying he can sell it . I keep looking for a "home" for his boat.
Our town is close to everything; not isolated at all. It's a very small self contained town with its own hospital, two colleges, two supermarkets and all the doctors, etc. anyone would want.......a museum and historical landmarks. We also have a golf course and a country club. The town is surrounded by farmlands and the Green Mountain National Forest.....but we can't get around on golf carts. Nothing is more than a mile and is walkable if one wished to.........but hilly terrain. Not flat.
THANK YOU.