New homesites in Southern area right near Turnpike

[DeanFL]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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[graciegirl]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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There are two threads running now on the price of new homes here in The Villages.

Last night I was up way too late watching "Flip or Flop" on HGTV. Based in California, they were showing old ranches with one bath, about 1500 sq. ft. with mold and termites and urine soaked carpets at just shy of $500K. AND THAT WAS THE NORM.

Home prices are soaring. Yes I would choose a new home with highway noise.

[DeanFL]

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Investing THAT amount ($1/4 Mill) in a homesite, plus building a really nice Designer house - with the ASSUMPTION that the 'noise' won't be an issue, is one that I would not easily consider. I'd need to be ABSOLUTELY certain...no issue.

Brings back memories of me, in my youth (yout), growing up in the 50's right in the flight path of Midway Airport -Chicago. At that time the Busiest in the world, prop planes. NEVER got 'used to' the ocassional roar, let alone the crashes.

Then in 1969, buying a new Dodge Charger - the dealer did not have the color in stock and vinyl roof that we really wanted... the sales rep said, oh after a few months, you'll forget that. Never did.

Then a home in Downers Grove IL in the 80's. They enlarged a 2 lane highway into a 6 lane tollway about 3/4 mile from our home - during meetings they said "walls etc will absorb any noise. On quiet night, easy to hear the whine and roar of semi tires.

So in my 'elder years' I have learned that "you'll get used to it" seldom happens.
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[Bogie Shooter]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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Do a search on here, this has been discussed many times before. With hundreds of posts!
(its a dead horse)

[MrFlorida]

I lived near a major highway for years, I regretted it every day. Also, you must consider resale value.

[VApeople]

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She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new construction of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.


We have been riding our bikes on the roads through that area almost every Sunday when the workers are not around.

Some lots near the new 5th green of the Laurel Oak golf course are not too noisy, but others get a lot of noise from the turnpike. If you are interested, you need to go there and see for yourself.

I would avoid the lots next to the golf course. They look too dangerous to me.

[tophcfa]

We have been riding our bikes on the roads through that area almost every Sunday when the workers are not around.

Some lots near the new 5th green of the Laurel Oak golf course are not too noisy, but others get a lot of noise from the turnpike. If you are interested, you need to go there and see for yourself.

I would avoid the lots next to the golf course. They look too dangerous to me.

You are correct in avoiding lots next to the Championship golf course because they are very dangerous. Just ask the poor folks that live on the 9th fairway of the Oaks course at Hacienda Hills. Any premium you pay for such a home can disappear just like that.

[collie1228]

Seems simple to me. The Villages sells thousands of homes each year, some near the Turnpike and some not so near. If you don't want to hear the drone of traffic, buy a house further away. What am I missing here?

[graciegirl]

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Investing THAT amount ($1/4 Mill) in a homesite, plus building a really nice Designer house - with the ASSUMPTION that the 'noise' won't be an issue, is one that I would not easily consider. I'd need to be ABSOLUTELY certain...no issue.

Brings back memories of me, in my youth (yout), growing up in the 50's right in the flight path of Midway Airport -Chicago. At that time the Busiest in the world, prop planes. NEVER got 'used to' the ocassional roar, let alone the crashes.

Then in 1969, buying a new Dodge Charger - the dealer did not have the color in stock and vinyl roof that we really wanted... the sales rep said, oh after a few months, you'll forget that. Never did.

Then a home in Downers Grove IL in the 80's. They enlarged a 2 lane highway into a 6 lane tollway about 3/4 mile from our home - during meetings they said "walls etc will absorb any noise. On quiet night, easy to hear the whine and roar of semi tires.

So in my 'elder years' I have learned that "you'll get used to it" seldom happens.
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Losing our hearing is a common occurrence around The Villages. Things are much more quiet for me than they used to be. ;)

[JohnN]

There are too many other options,
I would immediately pass on living next to the turnpike or any other noisy spot.

[dewilson58]

There are too many other options,
I would immediately pass on living next to the turnpike or any other noisy spot.

Maybe a retired truck driver.

[asianthree]

We looked at couple of lots yesterday in Citrus Grove, on the course. Cost was less than a lot in Chitty Chatty, on the wet area with 2 sets of power lines in direct view. The lots we looked at without any homes turnpike noise was negligible, but am sure at times would be background noise.

[Stu from NYC]

I lived near a major highway for years, I regretted it every day. Also, you must consider resale value.

Grew up in Brooklyn along the flight path of JFK. Every 90 seconds conversations would stop while planes flew by.

Been there done that and no way do we buy a house with noise of cars and trucks in our backyard.

It is amusing when people move in and say they had no idea the area would be so noisy.

[vintageogauge]

One thing is certain, each and every one of those lots will be sold and onto the next village. They have two new homes still for sale in Chitty Chatty and they are not reducing the prices on them as they typically do at the end of a build out.

[kansasr]

These homesites are set a little further back from the Turnpike than those in Monarch Grove along Hickey Way, 250' vs 750' from the back property line to the Turnpike. Hickey Way is pretty noisy. I'm not sure the extra 500' with only a golf course between will be much better.

[JMintzer]

Anybody on this thread in the market to purchase a new home in Citrus Grove?

No? I didn't think so...

Then why do you care so much what other people buy or don't buy?

[asianthree]

OP have you actually been to the area, spent time there, walked the lots? Sometimes giving an opinion on something you have no first hand knowledge, or looking at an email, just seems like a waste of time.

This is the first time you could build on golf course lot, since 2016, there were 7 couples walking the lots like us. Have been there during mid day on Thursday, and Friday. And Saturday.
OP While you were there in person, were you the only person looking at property? Some lot premium starts at 100,000, and those looking at them don’t seem to have issues spending money on them, or the Turnpike

[Bogie Shooter]

Found this previous thread with 81 opinions on traffic noise.
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/turnpike-traffic-noise-312743/?highlight=Highway+noise

[John41]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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Don’t count on a championship golf course always being there as the developer is now demolishing or degrading amenities paid for.

[vintageogauge]

Don’t count on a championship golf course always being there as the developer is now demolishing or degrading amenities paid for.

It will be there as long as most of us are alive so enjoy it and don't worry. By the way, Championship courses are not amenities and how many golf courses built within TV are no longer here?

[asianthree]

Don’t count on a championship golf course always being there as the developer is now demolishing or degrading amenities paid for.

If you watch Goldwings utube, you can learn about amenity structure. I am not a fan, but a country club was torn down, not a golf course.

[DeanFL]

OP have you actually been to the area, spent time there, walked the lots? Sometimes giving an opinion on something you have no first hand knowledge, or looking at an email, just seems like a waste of time.

This is the first time you could build on golf course lot, since 2016, there were 7 couples walking the lots like us. Have been there during mid day on Thursday, and Friday. And Saturday.
OP While you were there in person, were you the only person looking at property? Some lot premium starts at 100,000, and those looking at them don’t seem to have issues spending money on them, or the Turnpike
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Well, now that you have asked, no we have not "Toured". But we do have some personal input re the topic I posted.

1. We have two former neighbors who have moved to "the South", Monarch Grove. They are not directly affected by the Turnpike noise, but they both have close friends who live near the Pike in Monarch and Linden. They said that their friends and others who live near the Pike are not pleased with the sound. Several..."if we had to do it over again...".

2. Our TV Agent, who also sends out the New Area Sales emails, example in my Post to all her customers, as do other TV reps to theirs. We had lunch with her a couple weeks ago and I had asked her about the new South areas right next to the Pike. In particular the supposed noise. She said some of her moved-in customers are not pleased, but many either don't notice - or as she said..have hearing issues. She indicated that she had been instructed to ensure prospects about the Turnpike, if their lot is very near -- especially to those potential remote buyers. I guess TV does NOT want more negative coverage once owners move in.

So - no we have not 'walked the lots'. And truly have no desire to invest in Properties THAT near the Turnpike.
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[patfla06]

I would not ever consider a house or lot anywhere close to a major highway.
Not for any reason.

[retiredguy123]

I think the value of this thread is to make some people aware that traffic and other noise can be an issue when they are shopping for a house. If you haven't bought many houses, the issue may not even occur to you. Whenever I go to an open house, and the agent is playing music, I ask them to turn it off, so I can listen for noises.

[Rwirish]

Too close to the turnpike and way too much noise.

[thevillages2013]

I’m looking for one between the turnpike, dog park and pickle ball courts. Wife says I can’t hear anyway. Hold on I think she said something

[George Page]

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
I would be concerned about the resale value. One may be tempted to buy because it is a new house. But, the day after you move in it becomes a preowned house and there are thousands of those on golf courses far from the turnpike. Without the lure of a it being ‘new’, it’s a tough sell.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

[J1ceasar]

We used to live at the plantation near route 27 which was relatively quiet about half a mile down the road. But the newer part was five miles from the turnpike over flat terrain and boy could you hear it day and night. If anybody complains about the turnpike because they bought even anywhere on the north side of 44 they were very foolish to not have sat there in their car for an hour or two with the windows open. Is a very good reason to buy in the more established parts of the villages, the relative quiet and peace. We live in Pennbrooke Fairways not associated with The villages and most of it is one mile off of route 44 and I can tell you it is dead quiet here most of the time except for the occasional coyotes and burrows kept by a veterinarian about one mile away late at night.

[NoMo50]

The price of new lots will continue to soar as long as there are people lining up to pay them. Simple economics.

As for the turnpike noise, some people are more noise sensitive than others. Your level of tolerance will vary, and there are some who consider the constant background noise soothing...almost like white noise. When we were looking for a home here, proximity to the turnpike was an issue as my wife is very sensitive to traffic noise. A house in Monarch Grove had made our short list, and the turnpike noise did not seem objectionable...during the daytime. We went back to that house at about 8:00pm, and it was a totally different experience. Without the "normal" ambient sounds that occur during the day, the turnpike noise was significantly more noticeable. That Monarch Grove house was immediately knocked off the list.

My advice: before signing papers on any lot/house near the turnpike, do your due diligence and visit the site at night. What you thought you heard, or didn't hear, may be totally different after sundown. Complaining after the fact will get you nowhere.

[Billy1]

There is something in TV for everyone, let the people make their choice. Don't brag about what you wouldn't do and do something.

[rmd2]

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Investing THAT amount ($1/4 Mill) in a homesite, plus building a really nice Designer house - with the ASSUMPTION that the 'noise' won't be an issue, is one that I would not easily consider. I'd need to be ABSOLUTELY certain...no issue.

Brings back memories of me, in my youth (yout), growing up in the 50's right in the flight path of Midway Airport -Chicago. At that time the Busiest in the world, prop planes. NEVER got 'used to' the ocassional roar, let alone the crashes.

Then in 1969, buying a new Dodge Charger - the dealer did not have the color in stock and vinyl roof that we really wanted... the sales rep said, oh after a few months, you'll forget that. Never did.

Then a home in Downers Grove IL in the 80's. They enlarged a 2 lane highway into a 6 lane tollway about 3/4 mile from our home - during meetings they said "walls etc will absorb any noise. On quiet night, easy to hear the whine and roar of semi tires.

So in my 'elder years' I have learned that "you'll get used to it" seldom happens.
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I feel the same way. If something isn't right I never "get used to it" or "get over it". I lived in Chicago (have flown into Midway several times) and lived in other parts of Illinois. Maybe this is an "Illinois thing". :)

[Jayhawk]

Just ask the poor folks that live on the 9th fairway of the Oaks course at Hacienda Hills. Any premium you pay for such a home can disappear just like that.

I know they levelled a ratty old building but didn't hear that they closed the golf course.

:ohdear:

[Cranford61]

One thing is certain, each and every one of those lots will be sold and onto the next village. They have two new homes still for sale in Chitty Chatty and they are not reducing the prices on them as they typically do at the end of a build out.
Like the view of the high tension wires,eh?

[rmd2]

I would not ever consider a house or lot anywhere close to a major highway.
Not for any reason.

Me too. I even told my realtor not to show me any homes on a street with double yellow lines. I don't even want a lot of regular street traffic or a home near a pickle-board court.

[richs631]

The Villages has been doing this a long time. They don’t need any advice from us. Remember folks, there’s a cover for every pot

[Marathon Man]

Don’t count on a championship golf course always being there as the developer is now demolishing or degrading amenities paid for.

"The Developer" does not have the ability to demolish or degrade amenities because "The Developer" does not not own any of the amenities. Private businesses can, has, and will change as business decisions are made.

[jakers]

I’ve often wondered about people who live backed up to Morse, Buena Vista, even Canal. Lots of car and golf cart traffic, and only feet from the house.

[b0bd0herty]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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Drive down there at least once during the day, then another at night. Be still and listen to the noises. If it is too much (and you're not buying for investment) then pass.
You can also go over the turnpike to Monarch Grove left on Marsh Bend, right on Linden then right on Hickey Way (2nd left past the rec center). Go to the far end where houses are already established and check the noise level there as well.

good luck

[JoannMH]

I live in Monarch Groves. We have some traffic noise when the wind is from the north, but we have never felt that it is a problem. I was concerned about the traffic noise initially so I put in a pool with a fountain and speakers in the lanai so that I could have music if necessary. When we have guests over and we sit outside, no one has felt that the traffic noise was an issue and we never hear the noise inside our house. We have a beautiful view lot; we are surrounded by the many ponds that are down here; we are going to be close to the new Sawgrass area, Lifestyle center, new golf courses, etc, etc. I would definitely do it over again. This morning I am having coffee on the lanai and can hear the birds sing.

[ithos]

If traffic noise is an issue, try this:

Smoothed Brown Noise 8-Hours - Remastered, for Relaxation, Sleep, Studying and Tinnitus ☯108 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqzGzwTY-6w)

I go to sleep with it every night.

[jimkerr]

Not being in a village next to the interstate was at the top of our list. It’s so loud at night and in the early mornings. No thanks! We listened for traffic during the day at the home we were interested in, visited at night and asked neighbors about the noise. You have to do your homework.

[merrymini]

Traffic noise is almost impossible to obliterate. Been there done that.
Keep the air on and the windows closed.
High tension wires are ugly, ugly, ugly.
Having your house shake when people blast from miles alway, been there done that, no thanks.
Amused that the developer can just about sell anything.
I used to think the location, location, location was baloney but it is really the holy grail.
Caveat emptor.

[vintageogauge]

We used to live at the plantation near route 27 which was relatively quiet about half a mile down the road. But the newer part was five miles from the turnpike over flat terrain and boy could you hear it day and night. If anybody complains about the turnpike because they bought even anywhere on the north side of 44 they were very foolish to not have sat there in their car for an hour or two with the windows open. Is a very good reason to buy in the more established parts of the villages, the relative quiet and peace. We live in Pennbrooke Fairways not associated with The villages and most of it is one mile off of route 44 and I can tell you it is dead quiet here most of the time except for the occasional coyotes and burrows kept by a veterinarian about one mile away late at night.

We live south of 44 and I have never heard the turnpike or anything else disturbing for that matter. it's very peaceful here once the landscapers go home and we are far from any veterinarian. If I had to choose today where to live within TV it would be south of 44 and west of the turnpike.

[vintageogauge]

Traffic noise is almost impossible to obliterate. Been there done that.
Keep the air on and the windows closed.
High tension wires are ugly, ugly, ugly.
Having your house shake when people blast from miles alway, been there done that, no thanks.
Amused that the developer can just about sell anything.
I used to think the location, location, location was baloney but it is really the holy grail.
Caveat emptor.

Yep, that is why 30% of the new homes sold south of 44 are bought buy those selling their homes north of 44 they know this is the place to be.

[joelfmi]

Just wait to to try to sell this home, very few people will buy a home next to a turn pike unless you lived near one you have no idea how noisey it is. Buying a home is not only price it's location! location!, power lines, commercial business zoning, be very care were you buy a home.,

[vintageogauge]

Just wait to to try to sell this home, very few people will buy a home next to a turn pike unless you lived near one you have no idea how noisey it is. Buying a home is not only price it's location! location!, power lines, commercial business zoning, be very care were you buy a home.,

Well, so far there has been a buyer for every home for sale near the turnpike including homes that have a view of the trucks and cars passing their back yards and there have already been re-sales near the turnpike. There is a buyer for everything built in TV and I'll guarantee you that every lot available near the turnpike will be sold either with a spec. home or to build on.

[Dilligas]

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We receive emails and links from our TV Real Estate agent ocassionally re new homes/areas for sale etc.

She included a TV link detailing the Village of CITRUS GROVE, south of Meggison Road and just north of the Turnpike. The new constrution of the Champ golf course is right there. The southern part of the course directly borders the Turnpike.

I checked out some new HOMESITES there (from the link below). There are quite a few available bordering the north side of the course - All over $250K, with most (what appears to be) less than 100 yards away from the Turnpike.

We've heard, on ToTV of some new residents South (Monarch Grove) complaining about the Turnpike noise etc. I must wonder, investing $250K for a new homesite with Champ course view, but perhaps living with the highway sounds...????
Even if berms/walls etc are built... Personally I would really think twice about building there, and potential noise/resale issues.
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My friend is a TV agent and he said 75 sites were sold the first day of sale.

[Stu from NYC]

Well, so far there has been a buyer for every home for sale near the turnpike including homes that have a view of the trucks and cars passing their back yards and there have already been re-sales near the turnpike. There is a buyer for everything built in TV and I'll guarantee you that every lot available near the turnpike will be sold either with a spec. home or to build on.

Wonder how many will regret the location down the road?

[Bogie Shooter]

Wonder how many will regret the location down the road?

6..

[Dilligas]

Don’t count on a championship golf course always being there as the developer is now demolishing or degrading amenities paid for.
Give it a rest......the championship course was not torn down, not closed, it is still being used extensively. The only thing that was demolished was the bar/resturant the the local patrons either did not support or abused (sitting for hours of entertainment and ordering very little. Same thing for Katie Belles......neither of which were amenities, instead businesses.

[jh214]

We looked at couple of lots yesterday in Citrus Grove, on the course. Cost was less than a lot in Chitty Chatty, on the wet area with 2 sets of power lines in direct view. The lots we looked at without any homes turnpike noise was negligible, but am sure at times would be background noise.

Bought a lot in Citrus Groove this past Friday. The site is at least 1/2 mile from turnpike, so noise will not be a factor. Seems like people focus on the turnpike allot. I would not buy close to a rec center, and be forced to listen to Pickleball noise every morning.

[joelfmi]

Seems simple to me. The Villages sells thousands of homes each year, some near the Turnpike and some not so near. If you don't want to hear the drone of traffic, buy a house further away. What am I missing here? Please buying a home next to turnpike, near power overhead power line, very close to each other, in a commercial zoned area, landing and departing airplane zone. If you don't want to loose money when you sell. Remember Location! Location!

[bobdeb]

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So in my 'elder years' I have learned that "you'll get used to it" seldom happens.
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Ditto. I wouldn't get used to it either.

[vintageogauge]

Please buying a home next to turnpike, near power overhead power line, very close to each other, in a commercial zoned area, landing and departing airplane zone. If you don't want to loose money when you sell. Remember Location! Location!

Everything sells down here, it doesn't matter where it's located there's a buyer for everything. Many homes near to the turnpike and power lines have been sold as re-sales for more than they originally cost, it's pretty hard to loose money when you sell down here especially in this market. Being near the power lines and turnpikes will get you more house for your money if the environment doesn't bother you and there are a lot of people that are not bothered by either of them.

[JMintzer]

This reminds me of a bit that the comedian Lewis Black does...

He talks about NYC after it snows. He says everyone loves how quiet the city is...

He states "I hate the quiet! I love the noise... It drowns out the voices in my head!!!"

I guess that many people moving in, especially from urban areas find nothing wrong with the traffic noise...

Like it's been said... "There's an ass for every seat!" ;)

[Jean G]

My home backs up to the turnpike on the southside. We are not bothered by the sound at all. I have lived in big cities with much more noise and even in the country with more noise from both frogs and crickets. I suppose if somebody lived somewhere that was extremely quiet for their entire life and then moved next to the turnpike it would seem loud. It is a very rhythmic noise and the light hum can be pleasant. We have much more privacy then is normal for The Villages. To each his own.