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We came down for the week's Lifestyle tour in October 2005. They put us in one of the Cherry Lyn Villas in the Village of Belvedere, just inside the gate. The back of the villa was on a golf course. It seemed just perfect. We thought the location was ideal--close to 466 and shopping, until the night sky was lit up every night with VHS football games. When the wind was right, you could even hear the game and the music.

From that experience, we realized that maybe being so close to schools and the extracurricular events may not be so great. The point is you need to be aware of stuff (for lack of a more accurate word) like sewer treatment plants, power transformers, freight trains, or schools, maybe even major intersections which might detract from your Villages experience. When you're excited about a new home and have a limited time to make a decision, it's very easy to overlook these benign nuisances but nuisances they are, and you'll have to live with them after you move in. So rather than ask about the perfect village, you really need to drive around wherever you think you'd like to live because even the most perfect village must surely have some areas which are well, less than perfect.