We moved to TV/Gilchrist 5 months ago. I had lived in a 55+ comm in Leesburg for the previous 8 years. My girlfriend who lived in Lake Mary FL during that time came to my house every other weekend. We came to The Villages at least monthly, mainly for movies and dining at the squares. Loved it of course and last year decided to seriously check out living here.
Well aware of all the gates in TV - we were SHOCKED when calling a TV real estate person when interested in Open House visit. Asked how we enter unmanned gates to go since we are not residents...she said "Oh just press the red button!". What? And of course that was the case - or wave Hi to the gate attendant. We were quite surprised that TV was not truly a 'gated community".
Oh well - we're here now, thrilled, and it is what it is. But the gates seem a bit silly now -and costly.
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