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Old 11-13-2013, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Bonnevie View Post
it just seems to me there's more close at hand further north. now I have to go to home depot or lowes a lot and it's getting to be a drag. also, it appears you can shop the grocery stores up there a lot easier than at Colony. I just wish some stores like Target, or Home Depot would open up down here. I'm driving a lot these days just to get to stores for everyday things.
Bonnie, I hear what you're saying about being close to Grocery Stores and Shopping. We live mid Villages, close to Southern Trace Plaza, and the Library, Publix, Ace Hardware, Walmart, Bealls, etc. Many restaurants are just a five minute golf ride away, so we feel very lucky.

It wasn't good planning because we didn't know enough about our needs. Purely by luck, we ended up in a very good location for us. Fireboy goes RC flying every morning at the Polo Fields. And we're ten minutes from the private dog park, which we use every single day. I think it takes a while of actually living in TV, not just vacationing, to figure out where you want to be located. I guess that's why a lot of people move three times.

Before we purchased, we thought it was important to be close to the Town Squares because we thought we'd be there every day! However after the novelty wore off, we only go occasionally. So for us, it's way more important to be close to shopping. Of course we love the Squares and always take company there.
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