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Originally Posted by senior citizen
For those of you already happily living in THE VILLAGES FLORIDA, where was one or two of your other choices?
How did you decide....finally???? How did you eliminate the contenders...
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I grew up on the west coast of Florida. St. Petersburg from 1959 at the age of 9 until 1977 and then Pensacola from 1977 to 1982. So for me, the Gulf coast of Florida was my primary choice. When my parents retired in 1984 they moved to Spring Hill, that's about 60 miles north of St. Pete. It's where Weeki Wachee Springs is located, the place with the mermaid show. It's not far from here, if you were to go south on I-75 and exit west on Route 50 you could be there in a little over an hour. I had visited them many times over the years, so I was quite familiar with the homes and the community and the golf courses.
The exact community was
Timber Pines My parents were one of the first homeowners and it was built out about 2000 and has just under 3500 homes. It's a completely walled and gated community with 3 golf courses and golf carts on the streets. However, there is no commerce within the community you can go by cart, everything is outside but is very close on Hwy 19. Since Timber Pines is built out we were looking at resales. Just like the communities outside TV, homes were much cheaper than here. However, after comparing the activities here versus Timber Pines, we made The Villages our choice.