[Frangyomory]

In the last two years the comment I heard the most was that people bought and then couldn't sell the home up North. Tha happened to several peopl that I knew, not personally.

As for where to live, well, I am sold on South of 466. I love Tall Trees. We pretty much all moved in at the same time and are all around the same age. I live in a courtyard villa and we have a separate entrance within Tall Trees. There are only ranch and designer homes in addition to the courtyard and patio villas here. We have no premier homes in Tall Trees. However, if one is looking for a large and beautiful home, many designers are just as beautiful as the premiers.

In a way, the separation of the premiers from others is like being on two sides of the railroad tracks, if you get my meaning. I don't imagine that people who paid $1 million would want their home next to one that sold for $200k.

We love our courtyard villa. We bought a corner lot and our dog has a great backyard. Courtyard villas are the ONLY homes with actual fenced yards. We love the privacy as well.

South of 466 is really being developed and you can go anywhere, even in your golf cart, in less than 30 minutes. We bought a gas golf cart to ensure we wouldn't be stranded if we took a "long" trip on any give day. Also, with gas prices out of sight, the golf cart saves us lots of money on gas. My husband also bought a moped which he uses when he goes places by himself.

This is really a wonderful place to live, regardless of the difficult covenants and regulations....and government. Florida has some unique laws with regard to communities like the Villages and Disney. You just have to get used to them.

I love it here and wish we had retired even sooner and moved.