If TV Wasn't Built

[2BNTV]

Many people have moved here and love it but how would your plans been altered, if TV was never built? What would your life be like?

I'll go first. I probably have moved closer to my son and granddaughter in Ft. Lauderdale, as a snowbird, spending half my time in the New York area and the winters in Florida. To me, the attractiveness of being with my old friends/family and avoiding the winter months would have been ideal.

The downside is that I could never afford two homes, so I would have to buy something less than what is built in TV, like a trailer park type home. GOD bless those than can afford two homes.

Being here full time is the greatest! IMHO

BTW - I shutter at the thought, if TV wasn't built, as this is paradise.

[asianthree]

Would still be working stay at our home up north

[gap2415]

Would be in a resort community with one rec hall, one pool, probably only two tennis courts etc. but near the beach....this is MUCH MUCH better, so much, it's hard to go on vacation and find a better resort so it's now sight seeing and visiting the kids....more fulfilling!

[Jima64]

Probably be at otow or del webb ocala.

[buzzy]

Would still be in the S FL waterfront condo, hoping the jerks on the Board would approve repairs to the common elements.

[fred53]

and I have no idea. I rarely reflect on "what if's" as I find it a useless way to spend my time. Those who do sometimes are melancholy and have regrets...when not "doing" I spend time thinking about "what's next?".

[graciegirl]

I would still be living in Ohio. I never was interested in moving to Florida. Sweetie might have been very unhappy, because playing golf year 'round was top of his list. He probably wouldn't have whined or insisted.

[RickeyD]

Would be living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

[Nucky]

I would have had to dream another dream. I don't want that.

[Barefoot]

We have friends that moved to The Villages in 2007. They just sold their house in TV so they can move closer to the beach.
I grew up beside the ocean and I miss it.
But we have roots here now, and Fireboy is in love with The Villages, especially the RC Flyers clubs.

[DonH57]

That's an excellent question to ask villagers. I'm not sure what we would have done. I'll bet more than likely stayed in Taxachusetts!

[Chi-Town]

Would have moved to north San Diego County or Orange County California. But glad I'm here.

[justjim]

We would still be living in Florida if TV didn't exist. It wouldn't be the same but likely another Adult community somewhere in Central FL.

[Radioman41]

We probably would have moved from the DC area to the Delaware coast. Instead we kept our Ocean City, MD condo to spend summers (June, July, and August) with our Maryland families after becoming residents here.

[Challenger]

I would still be living in Ohio. I never was interested in moving to Florida. Sweetie might have been very unhappy, because playing golf year 'round was top of his list. He probably wouldn't have whined or insisted.

Same for us . Would still be in MD.

[2BNTV]

That's an excellent question to ask villagers. I'm not sure what we would have done. I'll bet more than likely stayed in Taxachusetts!

Taxachessettes can't be beaten by Conntaxuoneverything!!!

CT voted the worst state to retire in!!! They claim because the CT income level is higher. I was flabbergasted to find you get taxed on your car because it is property. The newer the car, the higher the tax so I drove an old clunker.

CT is a good state to be from. :D

[DonH57]

When I lived in Virginia, the state, city, and county you lived in taxed you on every thing they could think of. I don't know if it ever got better.

[obxgal]

We would have stayed on our sandbar.

[2BNTV]

When I lived in Virginia, the state, city, and county you lived in taxed you on every thing they could think of. I don't know if it ever got better.

Oh Yea!!!

CT taxed you on everything that stayed put and moved. All the taxes on NY and a couple of more. :smiley:

We'll continue this discussion at Happy Hour!!!

I'm sure we agree the taxes in TV, are much more reasonable.

[dotti105]

We were taken by surprise when we visited here. Love at first sight! If we hadn't visited we would have continued to work until age 70 and we would have stayed in Utah and complained about the winters. Our 4 kids and 12 grandkids are spread across the country, so we would have visited them. Since we are here, they visit us more because they have so much fun in The Villages.

We stretched to get here at age 65, and we are so glad we did. We have to pace ourselves with upgrades, landscaping etc. But we are both so happy that we did it and aren't still muddling through a 9 mo snow season.

Like many, we feel that we live in a resort and have the opportunity to be happier at this stage of our lives than we ever imagined. Thanks to the Morse family!

Oh yea, Utah had income tax, property tax on vehicles. Our first car there was $700 to get the initial tags, title and registration. They also tax groceries.

[rustyp]

Probably would have been living in the white house.

[billethkid]

probably would be living further South in FL!

[KathieI]

If anyone would have told me that I would move from SoCal to Florida, I would have laughed so hard. What? :shocked: No wayyyyyy!!! One trip here, however, and I was home. Although I still don't love Florida summer heat and humidity, I do like living here. It certainly is more affordable than SoCal and offers a lot of opportunities to meet new people and have fun. I knew when I retired I would be bored staying in Los Angeles because all my friends would still be working so I ventured out to see what I could find. Boy, was that a lucky break.

If I hadn't moved here, my plan was to live Summers in Flagstaff, AZ and winters in Phoenix or Tuscon.

[John_W]

I was living in Bel Air, Maryland the last 22 years before moving here. It was a place that I enjoyed and was growing leaps & bounds, even had a Wegman's open 5 minutes away. However, after I got back into golf in 2009 and then thought about softball and other outdoors sports, I realized I needed to go south.

It would of been probably one of three choices. Retire to Pensacola, where I lived from 1977 to '82. Retire to Timber Pines, a gated community in Spring Hill, FL that my parents retired to in 1983 and lived there until 1998. Retire to Myrtle Beach, a place that we visited three times in 1997 and considered living there at that time.

[BobnBev]

I was living in Bel Air, Maryland the last 22 years before moving here. It was a place that I enjoyed and was growing leaps & bounds, even had a Wegman's open 5 minutes away. However, after I got back into golf in 2009 and then thought about softball and other outdoors sports, I realized I needed to go south.

It would of been probably one of three choices. Retire to Pensacola, where I lived from 1977 to '82. Retire to Timber Pines, a gated community in Spring Hill, FL that my parents retired to in 1983 and lived there until 1998. Retire to Myrtle Beach, a place that we visited three times in 1997 and considered living there at that time.

Small world, John. My wife is from Bel Air. How you people can eat steamed crabs is beyond me.:D
We would still be living in our motorhome, summers between CT and WY, winters anyplace warm, probably FL:coolsmiley:

[saratogaman]

Mount Dora...in a heartbeat.

[Bonny]

We would be somewhere in Florida in one of the smaller communities. Maybe Tampa or Sarasota area.

[Blessed2BNTV]

Living on a lake outside of Atlanta. We were looking for a summer lake home when I stopped and said we can't live here. Summers would be great with family and friends, but would be miserable with no activities in winter. Hubby agreed.

So glad we found heaven on earth.

[Sable99]

When I retired from my job in DC, I bought a condo on St. Augustine Beach but moved back to Michigan to help with my ailing father. I intended to eventually live on the beach in St Augustine. In December, 2011 Mom and I came over to TV for a few days! I put a hold on my lot on that trip, had a design team meeting in February, they started building my home in March and we closed in May! Oops, I forgot when we got back to our condo in December, we put our condo on the market! Unfortunately, I am not living in my TVE home yet!

[CFrance]

I don't know. We tried a number of places after retiring. If money were not an issue, I would have pushed for Key West, a place we rented for six winters and I worked from home there while hubby traveled extensively for work and flew in on weekends. But whoa, the prices.

[kcrazorbackfan]

We would have built that home on Berksdale Golf Course in Bella Vista, AR or moved to Sun City Grand or Sun City West in Surprise, AZ. Their loss is Florida's gain.

[keithwand]

We would have stayed in Winter Park where we built a house in 2004. Moved here in 2012.

[NotGolfer]

Making each other "crazy" all cooped up in the house, up north, during the winter months. We "might" have ventured south (somewhere) for a couple of weeks or so...to get out of the snow and cold. So thank you Mr. Schwartz and your family for having a dream and making it come true here!!!

[Bay Kid]

I would still be in Virginia.

[jblum315]

Probably in the Chapel Hill NC area. That's where we were looking before my husband passed away

[jebartle]

We knew that Doug's patients would not let him retire, so we had to head south and live close to the kids in Winter Park, fl. Thank you Morse's for giving us as close to heaven as we could imagine!