We've gotten along just fine without ever going to a Chili Cook-off in TV, and by buying groceries at places other than Publix at Colony Plaza between 8am and 12pm. There are lots of other options and hours, if one can muster up some flexibility.
As someone suggested, there are hosts of other nice communities in the surrounding areas. Try exploring outside the bubble during these three peak season months, and be glad you won't have to prepare for a blizzard and being stuck in your car on I-75, freezing and trying to sleep in the car with fuel tank dwindling and being iced in.
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