Proportion of full time and part time residents
One of our concerns in considering living in the Villages as full-timers is the proportion of full-timers, snow-birds, and rentals that will be in our immediate area.
Our preference is for an area with the great majority of homes (e.g. 80% plus) occupied by full time residents. We would hate to think we are living in a mostly empty neighborhood part of the year or in a rental neighborhood.
What type of neighborhood (villas, or traditional) or age of neighborhood (new, 2 years old 5 years old, etc) would be most likely to have a large majority of permanant, full-time residents?
When a neighborhood gets to be 4, 5 or 6 years old, does the occupancy tend to change to become comprised of more snowbirds, more rentals, or more full time folk?
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Brockton, MA 1946-49 * Fort Lauderdale 1950-66 * Northern Virginia (Army) 1967-69 * North Lauderdale 1970-72 * Coconut Creek 1973-87 * St. Louis 1988-89 # Northern Virginia (again) 1990-2000 * Destin, FL 2001-08 * The Villages - Amelia/Hadley
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