Your Villages house is the most recent. How many others have their been?

[Talk Host]

I read the other day that the average married couple moves every six years. I gotta wonder about that figure. Nonetheless I started to count up the houses we have owned. We were not the "average" couple, because my business kept me on the move.

House 1. Vestal, New York
House 2 Syracuse, New York
House 3 Des Moines, Iowa
House 4 Kansas City, Missouri
House 5 Albany, New York
House 6 Vestal, New York
House 7 The Villages.

How about "y'all"

[SteveFromNY]

Apartment, Brooklyn NY - 2 years
Condo, Staten Island NY - 5 years
House, Staten Island NY - 25 years
House, TV - another 50 or so years

[beady]

We are a bit different, We have moved a lot but not always owned a home in each location.
Harvard , MA (owned) 23 years
Rockport, ME/ Virgin Islands (owned) 12 years
Orleans, MA (resident manager B&B) 2 years
Harwich,MA( house sitter) 2 years
N. Hampton,NH(rented) Newmarket, NH(rented) 4 years total
The Villages(own) 5 months

[villages07]

Everything in MD suburbs of DC, til arriving in TV:

As a kid, 2 houses with Mom and Dad

As an adult:

townhouse for 10 yrs

house for 9 years

house for 9 years

TV for 18 months; 50 years to go

Guess I'm not too average.

[ZMAN]

I am waiting on my last move. Soon to be in TV. My moves have been:

1) Philadelphia, Pa.
2) Mount Holly, N.J.
3) Medford Lakes, N.J.
4) Lumberton, N.J.
5) Webster, N.Y.
6) Aiken, S.C.
7) Medford, N.J.
8) Blackwood, N.J.
9) Mantua, N.J.
10) Hamlin, Pa.
10) Pittsgrove, N.J.
11) TV soon :hot:

[Villages Kahuna]

Before The Villages, it was...


Grosse Pointe, MI
Fort Knox, KY
Warren, MI
St. Clair Shores, MI
Warren, MI (again!)
Evansville, IN
Riverwoods, IL (for a long time)
Sawyer, MI (a second home that overlaps all of the above and below)
Mallory Square in The Villages, Florida!


So in 48 years we've had nine homes, some for a little as less than a year and one for 37 years. Our "average" is the typical 5.3 years. I thought calculating our "median" stay in one place might be more definitive, but that only came out 7 years. Should I calculate the standard error of our various residencies to get a true statistical description of our life with houses?

If I asked any of my kids about this question, I know what exactly what their answer would be...Dad, you have waay too much time on your hands!

[Sidney Lanier]

For the past 30 years, my wife and I have owned and lived in the same house in Gardiner, NY, a town so small that people who live there don't even know where they are.... And now we own our house in TV and are snowbirds between the two. I owned houses before my wife and I married, but she never did.

[schotzyb]

(1) 1973-1979 -Lower Burrell, Pa.
(2) 1979 - Present- Shelby, NC
(3) May 12,2008 - Croak - The Villages

[Bella]

1. Woonsocket, RI (rent) 6 months
2. North Smithfield, RI (rent) 3 years
3. Blackstone, MA (own) 5 years
4. Marietta, GA (rent) 3 years
5. Powder Springs, GA (own) 25 years
6. Village of Hadley (1 month/Own) Last stop and the best stop 2009!!!

[Mikitv]

1. Royal Oak, MI
2. Berkley, MI
3. Howell, MI
4. Okemos, MI
5. Northville, MI
6. Nashville, TN
7. Jonesboro, AR

Lived in 7 apartments in between moves. Built 5 of the seven houses we lived in and are still married after 41 yrs. Hope final move will be to TV

[chelsea24]

:o Wow you guys get around! Just three here.

Cicero, IL
Bloomingdale, IL
Village of Duval, FL

I'm a sticker! (stinker?) no sticker! :joke:

[disney07]

Excellent Topic. Enjoy viewing the migration path to TV.

Webster NY 2 yrs renting, grew up in.
Medina NY 10 yrs owned (married 1st wife)
Fairport NY 3 yrs (living with brother..didn't seem long to me? "Quick change the locks, he's gone")
Greece NY 2 yrs owned (beautiful second wife and son)

Clarkson NY 10 yrs owned and counting (second wife still hanging in there, it's costing me more to keep her. Not sure if it's inflation or higher maintenance cost)

Liberty Park 1 yr owned...7 more yrs before the final move. (wife will be down allot more once my boy is in High School, 5 more yrs.)

[renielarson]

Our first 2 years of marriage was apartment move after apartment move:
Salina, Kansas - 1 year
Shawnee, Kansas - 6 months
Denver, Colorado - 6 months
Inkster, Michigan - 2 months

Then we decided to settle down as homeowners:
Westland, Michigan - 3 years
Canton, Michigan - 2 years
Canton, Michigan - 9 years
Hamburg Township, Michigan - 21 years (and still own)
Liberty Park, The Villages - 3 years (snowflakes for at least 1 more year)

[njgranny]

Lived in a mobile home in Dover, De, while husband was in the Air Force. Moved into an apartment in south Jersey for a few months, and then bought our house in Glassboro, NJ.
Have been here around 45 years.

Next stop - TV

[stjade]

:bigthumbsup: :bigthumbsup: Great topic
Brooklyn, NY
El paso Tex--U.S Army
Staten Island
Elizabeth N.J
Cranford N.J
Hampton Bays N.Y
Milltown N.J
The Villages Piedmont Full time in september
Steve & Jane ;D ;D

[Number 6]

Well, let me see.

1) Rochester, NY
2) E. Avon, NY
3) Rochester, NY
4) Ithaca, NY
5) Akron, OH
6) W. Henrietta, NY
7) W. Brighton, NY (first house)
8) Penfield, NY
9) Marion, NY (second house)
10) Pine City, NY (third house)
11) The Villages (fourth house)

My, we did move in the last 37 years.

[gfmucci]

House 1 with parents - Brockton, MA 3 years
House 2 with parents - Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 years
House 3 with parents - Fort Lauderdale, Fl 14 years
Barracks - Ft. Benning, GA 2 months
Barracks - Ft. Holabird (Baltimore, MD) 3 mo.
Apartment - Washington, DC 2 years
House 4 married - North Lauderdale, FL *3 years
House 5 - Coconut Creek, FL * 16 years
House 6 - St. Louis, MO (Manchester) 1 year
House 7 - Dale City, VA 3 years
House 8 (rental) - Lake Ridge, VA *2 years
House 9 - Manassas, VA 4 years
House 10 (rental) - Leesburg, VA 1 year
House 11 - Destin, FL *8 years
House 12 - Bought TV House in Amelia March 2008
Living in TV full time before the end of 2008

Lived everywhere I've wanted to live - *TV is next! :2excited: :clap2: :hot:

[swrinfla]

I guess njgranny and I will bring the average down a little!

After marriage, my late wife and I lived in an apartment in St. Louis, then one in El Paso, TX (good ol' Fort Bliss :( ), then the same apartment in St. Louis. Then, we bought in St. Louis and 42 1/2 years later I came here! Not very adventuresome, I guess! :joke:
SWR

[Russ_Boston]

Holy crap! Some of you guys must know your mortgage closer's deepest darkest secrets.

Only 2 so far (that i owned - a few rentals with my wife prior)

1. Warwick RI 8 years
2. Norton, MA 18 years so far
3. Village of ???? in TV

[redwitch]

Owned homes while married and/or divorced:

Concord, CA
Concord, CA
Pleasant Hill, CA
Antioch, CA

Rentals as an adult while married and divorced:

Monterey, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Bruno, CA
The Villages, FL

Actually feels good to see it written that I really didn't move all that much as an adult -- think Dad's career and Mom's wanderlust after he died took care of that concept.

[Peggy D]

Lived in a mobile home in Dover, De, while husband was in the Air Force. Moved into an apartment in south Jersey for a few months, and then bought our house in Glassboro, NJ.
Have been here around 45 years.

Next stop - TV


YEA Dover AFB!!

I know that's highjacking, but had to do it!!

Sorry

[bestmickey]

Guess I'm more stable that the rest of you. ;D
I've lived in Albany NY my entire life.
Of course, being single, I didn't have to follow a hubby anywhere.
I've never owned...The Villages will be my first and last...hopefully in '09.

[barb1191]

Lexington, MA (homestead for 20 yrs)
Belle Harbor, LI, NY (military spouse)
Brooklyn, NY (military spouse)
Bedford, MA
Westwood (Islington), MA*
Lexington, MA*
Bedford, MA*
Lexington, MA*
Nashua, NH*
Burlington, MA
Woburn, MA
Acton, MA
Chelmsford, MA*
Billerica, MA (currently own for visits)*
TV permanent residence, currently owned since 2002*

*Homes owned

[KathieI]

Born and raised: Bronx, NY, (slums of da bronx)
Apartment in Manhattan, NY, 12 years
Moved to Los Angeles, Married and for next 30 years:
Beverly Hills, CA
Sherman Oaks, CA
North Hollywood, CA
Sylmar, CA (earthquake capital of CA.
Symlar, CA (different house for 17 years
Los Angeles, CA (1 mile from LAX)
Soon to be unmarried:
AND, last but not least, The Villages, May/June '08

Kathie http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/mittelgrosse/medium-smiley-029.gif

[DickY]

Sumpter, SC
Etters, Pa
Mechanicsburg, Pa
The Villages, Fl

[chuckinca]

Townhouse, Hayward, CA 5 yrs

House, Union City, CA 14 yrs (a four mile South move)

House, Union City, CA 10 Yrs (off the hill and onto the flat - one mile move)

[Sailor17]

Brooklyn, NY...............5 years

Staten Island, NY .......lat 35 years


TV..............part time 1 month


Sailor's Wife

[BethS]

I guess my life was quite boring compared to some of the others posted on here, I lived in Lockport, NY and surrounding towns for 52 years. Now at the Villages for almost 2 and that will be a wrap!!!! 8) Love it, love it, love it!!!!

[Terra Ridge]

As a married couple of 30 years, we have moved just twice:
Garden City, MI 8 years
Milford, MI, 22 years

Maybe if we moved more often, I would not have so much "stuff" to unload before I arrive at TV the end of the summer! What a job this packing is turning out to be. Can't imagine compressing a house, garage, pole barn and shed into one house without a basement. Guess the riding mower will have to up for sale! Guess Everything goes up for sale and I will start over with new (don't tell my husband my plan).
Can't wait to meet ya all!

[Harry]

Trufant, Michigan
Sand Lake, Michigan
Louisville, Kentucky
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Neuremberg, Germany
Pierson, Michigan
Cedar Springs, Michigan
Casnovia, Michigan
Walker, Michigan
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