Sounds like you found some of the negatives of The Villages. In all honesty, I was very surprised with the weather when we moved here. We spent 2 weeks in central Florida basically every mid Dec. for 25+ years, and I guess it was a total fluke, but there was maybe 2 or 3 years when the weather was even cool. It was usually mid 80's. Quite a shock the first year here. If you are from Florida, you obviously know that while the weather is really nice compared to many states in the winter, it does get much colder than a lot of people think. You said that you didn't find many friendly people here. The Villages has gotten so large that no matter how many times people say it, it does not have that "hometown feeling" here anymore-maybe it was like that years ago. We have been here 4 years, and I can tell a difference even in that time.
Having said all that, we do love this place, nowhere is perfect, and there are some truly wonderful people here. But it is just life that as the villages gets bigger and bigger, it is losing the feeling of small town, and you find more and more people just not being as friendly. You will make lots of friends though, and most of the Villages seem very close. I think it would be best to revisit the villages again-in the winter, before you decide to move here. It changes a lot during Oct/Nov through March/April. Although I had at least 10 store/restaurant workers tell me that this past summer was much busier than previous summers. Just my opinion...
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