Some just don't get it!

[CarGuys]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

[Schaumburger]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

Herv, Congratulations on your upcoming move to TV -- I envy you as it will be a few years until I can contemplate actually moving to TV. I can barely tolerate the winters in Chicago. I don't know how I would survive winters in upstate New York. When I actually make the move south I will probably hear similar comments from some of my family members and friends as you are hearing from yours. I wonder why people choose to comment on other people's choice of residence.

I bet once you are actually living in TV, you may have some friends dropping into visit during winter. Stay strong and don't listen to the TV nay sayers. :wave:

[Uptown Girl]

Hi Herv!
We"ll be most happy to have you join our wonderful community.
Forgive those who feel the need to smear their opinions on you! Unless they've been here, they truly have no reference from which to speak, so they speak from their own emotions.

Many people resist change. They like their world the way it is, not necessarily because it's perfect, but because it's familiar. It's set in place and doesn't require anything but occasional maintenance now and then.


There are those who like everyone to have the same stuff, the same way of life (in general) as they do. It makes them feel like their choices have been good ones.... you know, it validates them.
To have a friend or family member think 'outside the box' shakes them up a bit. Your leaving forces a shift in their reality..... and perhaps they see it as your rejection of the choices they are content with.
Not the highest way to think, but it is what it is.
So, smile, wish them well and shake that elemental dust from your shoes. If they want to 'swim with bricks' (as I like to say) it is their choice. It need not affect your joy :smiley:

[graciegirl]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

Herv.

They think the world of you and don't want you to go.

I didn't like Florida either until we visited friends in The Villages. I couldn't believe it and I still can't believe it. It is like trying to describe microwave energy to a toddler.

If someone had told me that we would be building our second house in TV four years ago, I would have told them they had tee many martoonis.

Wait until they come to visit you here and wait until you are out on your lanai and you give them a tall Kool drink and watch them the next day.

They will NEVER mention what they are saying now when they buy three villages over.

It happens.

You have made a wise choice.

Welcome to lower Paradise. I hope you have a thousand years to gloat about your choice.

Kindest wishes,

Gracie.

[JenAjd]

Years ago when the spouse was talking about "wintering" in Florida I was resisting---mainly due to not having "enough information" and seeing just where that might be. Then I got to come down and see and changed my mind---ALL this before even seeing The Villages.

Fast forward a few years and we visited The Villages and we were both smitten!!! We too have had the same responses as you have. MOST people have heard "aren't the summers REALLY hot? I could NEVER live down there!"
Plus more similar comments, some that you already covered.

I think people are just jealous! They can't ever think of leaving their familiar surroundings so have to try to make others feel as they do.

Well the "wintering" in FL for us has changed into "LIVING" in FL and we're loving it. You'll find negative people wherever you live (yes even in FL) but it's your life to be lived as you want to live it. So I say "WELCOME"!!!!!!

[nitehawk]

Years ago when the spouse was talking about "wintering" in Florida I was resisting---mainly due to not having "enough information" and seeing just where that might be. Then I got to come down and see and changed my mind---ALL this before even seeing The Villages.

Fast forward a few years and we visited The Villages and we were both smitten!!! We too have had the same responses as you have. MOST people have heard "aren't the summers REALLY hot? I could NEVER live down there!"
Plus more similar comments, some that you already covered.

I think people are just jealous! They can't ever think of leaving their familiar surroundings so have to try to make others feel as they do.

Well the "wintering" in FL for us has changed into "LIVING" in FL and we're loving it. You'll find negative people wherever you live (yes even in FL) but it's your life to be lived as you want to live it. So I say "WELCOME"!!!!!!
So you snowbird and do not live there year round ???????
I thought this was about full time in florida
I do agree snowbird is the way to go if you can afford it

[ssmith]

From Graciegirl: "I couldn't believe it and I still can't believe it. It is like trying to describe microwave energy to a toddler." :1rotfl:

^^^^^Very good description. ^^^^ I always said I would never move to Florida and now I can't wait until we could move there.

One other thought is, that they see you in a rocking chair with nothing to do but play shuffleboard and fight bugs in the unbearable heat all day for the rest of your life. ;) Hahahaha!

[LittleDog]

Our friends and neighbors were happy to see us go!!! :BigApplause:

John

[downeaster]

I got the "bugs, snakes, gators" routine when I moved to Jacksonville in 1965. When I moved to TV in 2001 I got the "living with all of those old folks" routine. I must admit before my first move to Florida I had no desire to live in the south in general and Florida in particular. My only reason for the move was a job opportunity. Moving to Florida and then to TV were the two best decisions I have made.

[ohiogolf]

We started calling the folks who visit us from Ohio as "the people who say 'nice'". They give us a load of junk that we will be living with the old geezers and playing bingo. then they come and visit and the whole time that they are here they keep saying "this is nice, this is really nice."

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Our friends and neighbors were happy to see us go!!! :BigApplause:

John

That cuts both ways...:bowdown:

[kittylecroix]

Hi Herv,
People don't understand the attraction of the Villages until they see it for themselves. We left upstate NY (Song Lake in Tully), mainly because the taxes are outrageous. That's a good enough reason to move, and if you're going, why not go where the weather is warm, there is no snow, and the community is like no other. The comment that really gets to me though, is "Isn't that where the STD rate is the highest of anywhere in the country?"
That's when I don't even bother to try to explain The Villages to them.
Welcome to you, you're going to LOVE it.

[cappyjon431]

Years ago my wife and I decided to buy a business on a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. We heard it all--"what about it being a Spanish speaking country?" "What about mosquitos, tropical diseases, crime, dictatorships, sharks, snakes, crocodiles, blah, blah, blah..."

We thoroughly enjoyed our island paradise and it gave us the opportunity to meet some great people, become part of an amazing community, live our dream, and make a decent living.

Times change--we sold our business and we are now moving to TV to become permanent residents next month. The same folks who questioned our sanity about moving to Panama are now asking similar questions about our move to TV. "What about all the old people?" "What will you do there?" "But you don't play golf, do you?" "Isn't Florida a crime infested state?" "What about the gators, snakes, mosquitos?"

Take my advice, ignore the naysayers. Live your dream, meet some wonderful people and become part of a great community.

[boobear51751]

We are from Pompey and got the same reaction. Cold I could use right about now. Crime? What about the mansion on the lake with the blue roof? Not upstanding citizen's I would think.
You are making the right move at the right time of your life.
If it weren't for The Villages and ALL THE FREE stuff to do here I would be back in Central New York in a blink of an eye.
You only have to have one just one friend from there come and visit and that will quiet the monkey's down up there.
JOIN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK CLUB.::thumbup: First Monday of each month. A good number of people from your area.

[ssmith]

^^^^totally agree^^^^^

"Take my advice, ignore the naysayers. Live your dream, meet some wonderful people and become part of a great community":agree:

[kentucky blue]

I think people are just jealous! They can't ever think of leaving their familiar surroundings so have to try to make others feel as they do.

Well the "wintering" in FL for us has changed into "LIVING" in FL and we're loving it. You'll find negative people wherever you live (yes even in FL) but it's your life to be lived as you want to live it. So I say "WELCOME"!!!!!!

Somebody alot smarter than me once said................."If your not living on the edge, your taking up too much space."So ignore all those hometown naysayers, who will never leave their secure, safe, and familiar surroundings. Just enjoy the rest of your life at TV,....... home of the Disney World for adults, and the cruise ship on land.:thumbup:

[ladydoc]

We got a lot of that from people as well. They could not believe we were moving to Florida. I could not believe we were moving to Florida. I can not believe we are now living here. It all happened so fast. We came to visit just weeks after we heard of the place and bought the second day we were here. THAT shocked all our friends since I am usually the kind of person who thinks about everything for a long time, weighs the pros and cons, then thinks some more. I have made two impulsive decisions in my life:
1) marrying my husband after knowing him only a couple of months and 2) buying here in TV. If the second one turns out as well as the first, I will be blessed.

We told our friends they should all come and visit us and to bring their checkbooks. They laugh. I tell them wait until you see this place! We have heard negative things from friends all over the country...I am waiting until they ask if they can come visit in the middle of the winter. And then we will have the last laugh.

You will love it here, well after you unpack and decompress anyway. Best of luck and to your future!

[swimdawg]

I had the same negative reaction with so many of my friends.

Last month when I flew down to meet with my sales rep and the designer to start the build process, I brought one of my very dear friends who was so very negative. She did imbibe in that kool delicious drink. She is excited to return to TV in 2 weeks when I bring yet another friend to perhaps try that kool drink.

You have to experience to believe!

[Kelsie52]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

Join the club!!!! We are from NY also --Long Island ---
Not only were our friends making faces about our move, our kids were angry and had all the same reactions. OH did I fail to mention my wife said the same things to me !!!!!!!!! until we made a lifestyle visit --she fell in love --not with me --but with TV----lol

We moved here last Oct. Our daughter who is 30 came for a visit --and hase been back 3 times with her friends --

Yes you will ride in golf carts --dance in the streets (all year long) without a shovel !!

What we have found is that we had to stop trying to sell our move to others.
All we could do was invite them to visit ---------

When and If they come they will see what you could not explain ...

Congrats on your sale --get here before you get snowed in up there !! :cold:

[skyc6]

I wish I were in your shoes!! We are so hoping our home in Illinois sells soon! I do get the same reaction from friends, but that's okay. They like what they like and I like what I like! For some, they don't want us to go. For others, they just don't understand. There are only so many TV spots available, and I have a strong feeling that when we are all built out, there will be some people wanting to come and not finding room, so if it is not for everyone, that's okay!
I haven't posted much because I am trying to go through drawers and closets to get ready to move. Hope to join you all soon!

[2BNTV]

Hi Herv!
We"ll be most happy to have you join our wonderful community.
Forgive those who feel the need to smear their opinions on you! Unless they've been here, they truly have no reference from which to speak, so they speak from their own emotions.

Many people resist change. They like their world the way it is, not necessarily because it's perfect, but because it's familiar. It's set in place and doesn't require anything but occasional maintenance now and then.


There are those who like everyone to have the same stuff, the same way of life (in general) as they do. It makes them feel like their choices have been good ones.... you know, it validates them.
To have a friend or family member think 'outside the box' shakes them up a bit. Your leaving forces a shift in their reality..... and perhaps they see it as your rejection of the choices they are content with.
Not the highest way to think, but it is what it is.
So, smile, wish them well and shake that elemental dust from your shoes. If they want to 'swim with bricks' (as I like to say) it is their choice. It need not affect your joy :smiley:

An excellent well thought out post. :BigApplause:

Posted by gracie, (you are a hoot) -It is like trying to describe microwave energy to a toddler.

:1rotfl:

Although I'm still a wannbee, I've heard things like:
1. It's so hot in the summer, why would you want to move there? My answer was, what is the difference if you have to stay in air-conditioning or stay inside in the winter so you don't freeze your butt off.
2. Who do you know down there?
3. Will you be back for visits?

By now, my friends have been hearing I am going for so long, they are sick of hearing I plan to move to TV so I don't say anything anymore.

There is no explaining how beautiful and wonderful it is. When they come for a visit, they'll see why you you moved.

Who knows? They may join you.

Best wishes.

[Jhooman]

I'm so happy for you. We are still waiting for a buyer, but you have given us hope. Enjoy your life in The Villages.

[ilovetv]

It's because the saying is so true, "Misery loves company."

And because they are cowards, too afraid to try something different....like seeing sunlight and blue skies for more than 3 days from October thru May.

Who wants to be with such stiffs anyway????

[runnermi]

:1rotfl:

Although I'm still a wannbee, I've heard things like:
1. It's so hot in the summer, why would you want to move there? My answer was, what is the difference if you have to stay in air-conditioning or stay inside in the winter so you don't freeze your butt off.
Best wishes.


DING, DING, DING, DING!!!! This is my favorite response to those that say it is too hot.

Besides, I love walking out in the morning and evenings and not freezing my ever loving fanny off.

Michigan is gray, cold and windy in the winter and winter lasts a long long time. I am so over it.

[2BNTV]

DING, DING, DING, DING!!!! This is my favorite response to those that say it is too hot.

Besides, I love walking out in the morning and evenings and not freezing my ever loving fanny off.

Michigan is gray, cold and windy in the winter and winter lasts a long long time. I am so over it.

runnermi:

I'm glad you enjoyed the response. I share your pain being in CT.

A wise person once said that some people will stay in situations even if they are bad because they feel comfortable with them instead of striking out in a new direction.

TV or bust!!!!!!!

[wendyquat]

I can understand you guys heading down this way to get away from all that snow but honestly we didn't have much snow in eastern NC! Just a boring little town that has never progressed and never will! When our friends gave us the "you shouldn't move" routine, we answered "why not"!

We've been here full time since May 1. In June a very dear friend called me crying and said her husband had assured her we would "get tired of it" and come back home!

I told my husband and he answered, "get tired of WHAT"?

Enough said!

[lawatha]

All my adult life, I couldn't understand why anybody would ever want to live in Florida- all I had ever heard about it was how hot and muggy and buggy it was. And then I flew in to Tampa for a cruise, and simply fell in love with that area. We came back several times, visiting different areas of Florida. We finally stumbled on to The Villages after hearing a commercial on Fox News. Man oh man... we spent 2 years trying to sell our home near Colville, WA (70 miles north of Spokane). Tired of the frozen ground and snow on the ground from November or December to March or April. Tired of months on end with the temps never rising above 32 degrees, and often below zero.

Tired of people asking where we were moving to- their response was always "it's hot there", "it's muggy there", "it's buggy there". And occasionally... "won't you feel strange being around nothing but old people?" Hahahaha... I have lived in the desert near Palm Springs and also near Needles. Believe me, I know HEAT. (Even though it's a DRY heat, it's still HOT down there!) I know about bugs, too. And the old people here in The Villages? Oh, you mean those ladies who kicked my husbands butt in Pickle Ball? Or the ladies who kicked my butt in the karate class? Crazy... there's just no sense in even trying to explain. People have to see it to believe it. And I'm sure it's not for everybody- but we love it here and feel blessed to finally have our own home here in The Villages. We closed escrow yesterday and couldn't be happier.

[mgjim]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

Hate to say it but I was one of the "why move to Florida?" crew too. After every visit to Florida, I was convinced that it's an ugly state with no seasonal changes and lots of negatives. Then I started to examine The Villages. Now I can't wait to move and am looking forward to leaving the four seasons of Minnesota (really only two) and the high cost of living here. I'll miss my friends, of course, but I think some of them are already reconsidering their retirement plans and may follow me to The Villages. Beside that, I hear gator tastes great.

Jim

[LvmyPug2]

During my career, I moved several times to different parts of the country where I didn't know a soul. Each time as I prepared to move, I found people either thought it was very cool to have a new adventure or they couldn't imagine why I would ever want to leave. Sadly the folks that couldn't imagine living in an unfamiliar area, often had to justify their fear of the unknown by trashing the new area. I've learned that other's opinions about a place is of little concern to me. Also what you like about an area may be a huge negative to others and vice versa. PS.... just for grin and giggles, remember to call those naysayers when a blizzard is raging up north and let them know the temps in TV.

[Schaumburger]

Hi Herv!
We"ll be most happy to have you join our wonderful community.
Forgive those who feel the need to smear their opinions on you! Unless they've been here, they truly have no reference from which to speak, so they speak from their own emotions.

Many people resist change. They like their world the way it is, not necessarily because it's perfect, but because it's familiar. It's set in place and doesn't require anything but occasional maintenance now and then.


There are those who like everyone to have the same stuff, the same way of life (in general) as they do. It makes them feel like their choices have been good ones.... you know, it validates them.
To have a friend or family member think 'outside the box' shakes them up a bit. Your leaving forces a shift in their reality..... and perhaps they see it as your rejection of the choices they are content with.
Not the highest way to think, but it is what it is.
So, smile, wish them well and shake that elemental dust from your shoes. If they want to 'swim with bricks' (as I like to say) it is their choice. It need not affect your joy :smiley:

:agree: Well said!

[Schaumburger]

DING, DING, DING, DING!!!! This is my favorite response to those that say it is too hot.

Besides, I love walking out in the morning and evenings and not freezing my ever loving fanny off.

Michigan is gray, cold and windy in the winter and winter lasts a long long time. I am so over it.

Same for Illinois. I am so over it too...

[Schaumburger]

All my adult life, I couldn't understand why anybody would ever want to live in Florida- all I had ever heard about it was how hot and muggy and buggy it was. And then I flew in to Tampa for a cruise, and simply fell in love with that area. We came back several times, visiting different areas of Florida. We finally stumbled on to The Villages after hearing a commercial on Fox News. Man oh man... we spent 2 years trying to sell our home near Colville, WA (70 miles north of Spokane). Tired of the frozen ground and snow on the ground from November or December to March or April. Tired of months on end with the temps never rising above 32 degrees, and often below zero.

Tired of people asking where we were moving to- their response was always "it's hot there", "it's muggy there", "it's buggy there". And occasionally... "won't you feel strange being around nothing but old people?" Hahahaha... I have lived in the desert near Palm Springs and also near Needles. Believe me, I know HEAT. (Even though it's a DRY heat, it's still HOT down there!) I know about bugs, too. And the old people here in The Villages? Oh, you mean those ladies who kicked my husbands butt in Pickle Ball? Or the ladies who kicked my butt in the karate class? Crazy... there's just no sense in even trying to explain. People have to see it to believe it. And I'm sure it's not for everybody- but we love it here and feel blessed to finally have our own home here in The Villages. We closed escrow yesterday and couldn't be happier.

Lawatha, Congrats on your closing. From what I've observed from the residents of TV playing pickleball, many of whom are 10 or more years old than me...they can run rings around me. By the time Friday afternoon rolls around, work has me beat. Enjoy your new life in lower paradise. :wave:

[tainsley]

I stopped telling friends and family about TV because they just have to experience it for themselves. We've been here for a month, bought a house in Tamarind Grove, :BigApplause: have to go back to VA Sunday :(...my husband will be dragging me kicking and screaming!!! :cryin2: My two youngest 'kids' (23 and 27) arrived this week to see where mom and dad are going...guess what? They are hooked!:thumbup: They have been having so much fun. They now see why mom and dad love it here in TV so much. :highfive: We will be back HOME soon.:smiley: Can't wait to meet our neighbors when we return! Have a terrific day!

[l2ridehd]

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Georges parents bought in Florida because Jerry's parents tried to tell them they couldn't? That is how I approach it. "Sorry, can't tell you where I am moving" "To many people there already" "There sold out, no more room" "you wouldn't like it" "it's all just old people, your to young at heart" "stay here it really doesn't get that cold" "Villages?, it's OK, but probably not for you"

See how fast they find themselves here after that. Works every time.

[Schaumburger]

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Georges parents bought in Florida because Jerry's parents tried to tell them they couldn't? That is how I approach it. "Sorry, can't tell you where I am moving" "To many people there already" "There sold out, no more room" "you wouldn't like it" "it's all just old people, your to young at heart" "stay here it really doesn't get that cold" "Villages?, it's OK, but probably not for you"

See how fast they find themselves here after that. Works every time.

I2ridehd -- Excellent responses!

[ssmith]

:BigApplause::bigbow::1rotfl::1rotfl::clap2::loco: Too funny!

[faithfulfrank]

I have heard all of the naysayer stuff.....I have stopped even trying to explain.

I love when folks tell me, "Do you know it gets HOT there?"

I reply;
a) It DOES?? Darn, I wish someone told me sooner!
b) Well, if you are living right, it will be the hottest I'll ever experience....
c) I love the heat...better then the 6 months of bone chilling Buffalo winters I've lived all of my life. 95% of the world has a couple of unpleasant months...I'll take the Florida summers over the Buffalo winters any day.

OR...

They get Hurricanes down there!
a) Yes. You get at least a weeks notice, and they turn into tropical storms before they get to me, as I'm over an hour away from either coast.
b) Better then a sudden icestorm where we lose power, get buried in snow or slip and fall on black ice, break a hip and die within 6 months...

OR...
There are GATORS down there!
a) Yup, tastes like chicken.
b) Yes, I have a few in my pond in my backyard. They never bother me, and they keep the cat population down. (Sorry cat lovers....)
c) Yup, better then the deer up here who cause so many car accidents....

OR.....
I hate Florida!
a) Good! I need someone to stay up here in NY and hopefully buy my house.
b) Good! Because I'm not trying to convince you to move there at all. I really do not care if I'm the very last person on earth to move there. We live is a wonderful, blessed country where we all have choices.....that is MY choice.....By the way, do you wanna buy a snowblower??

I'm reminded of the old saying....."Living well is the best revenge". While I am not vengeful at all, I look forward to taking my healthy NY state pension, selling my house here where I pay over $6,000 in taxes, and living in Florida debt free.....where the only gloves I'll own are golf gloves.......

Respectfully, Frank

[Schaumburger]

I have heard all of the naysayer stuff.....I have stopped even trying to explain.

I love when folks tell me, "Do you know it gets HOT there?"

I reply;
a) It DOES?? Darn, I wish someone told me sooner!
b) Well, if you are living right, it will be the hottest I'll ever experience....
c) I love the heat...better then the 6 months of bone chilling Buffalo winters I've lived all of my life. 95% of the world has a couple of unpleasant months...I'll take the Florida summers over the Buffalo winters any day.

OR...

They get Hurricanes down there!
a) Yes. You get at least a weeks notice, and they turn into tropical storms before they get to me, as I'm over an hour away from either coast.
b) Better then a sudden icestorm where we lose power, get buried in snow or slip and fall on black ice, break a hip and die within 6 months...

OR...
There are GATORS down there!
a) Yup, tastes like chicken.
b) Yes, I have a few in my pond in my backyard. They never bother me, and they keep the cat population down. (Sorry cat lovers....)
c) Yup, better then the deer up here who cause so many car accidents....

OR.....
I hate Florida!
a) Good! I need someone to stay up here in NY and hopefully buy my house.
b) Good! Because I'm not trying to convince you to move there at all. I really do not care if I'm the very last person on earth to move there. We live is a wonderful, blessed country where we all have choices.....that is MY choice.....By the way, do you wanna buy a snowblower??

I'm reminded of the old saying....."Living well is the best revenge". While I am not vengeful at all, I look forward to taking my healthy NY state pension, selling my house here where I pay over $6,000 in taxes, and living in Florida debt free.....where the only gloves I'll own are golf gloves.......

Respectfully, Frank

Bravo Frank. Especially the part about falling on black ice...happened to me this past winter. Not much fun. Luckily I escaped with just a sore backside. As I lay on the sidewalk, I thought to myself, this is the last straw. I can't spend my golden years dreading the winter. And as adults we do have choices about where we spend our golden years...be it shoveling snow, playing golf, scraping ice off the car's windshield or playing pickleball outdoors in January. So be happy with your choice. As one of my customers in South Africa once told me, "this life is not a dress rehearsal, so live accordingly..."

[runnermi]

I am glad that the people I have spoken to about the Villages aren't interested. That way, when I am ready, there will be room for me. After all, it is all about me. :-)

[swimdawg]

I have heard all of the naysayer stuff.....I have stopped even trying to explain.

I love when folks tell me, "Do you know it gets HOT there?"

I reply;
a) It DOES?? Darn, I wish someone told me sooner!
b) Well, if you are living right, it will be the hottest I'll ever experience....
c) I love the heat...better then the 6 months of bone chilling Buffalo winters I've lived all of my life. 95% of the world has a couple of unpleasant months...I'll take the Florida summers over the Buffalo winters any day.

OR...

They get Hurricanes down there!
a) Yes. You get at least a weeks notice, and they turn into tropical storms before they get to me, as I'm over an hour away from either coast.
b) Better then a sudden icestorm where we lose power, get buried in snow or slip and fall on black ice, break a hip and die within 6 months...

OR...
There are GATORS down there!
a) Yup, tastes like chicken.
b) Yes, I have a few in my pond in my backyard. They never bother me, and they keep the cat population down. (Sorry cat lovers....)
c) Yup, better then the deer up here who cause so many car accidents....

OR.....
I hate Florida!
a) Good! I need someone to stay up here in NY and hopefully buy my house.
b) Good! Because I'm not trying to convince you to move there at all. I really do not care if I'm the very last person on earth to move there. We live is a wonderful, blessed country where we all have choices.....that is MY choice.....By the way, do you wanna buy a snowblower??

I'm reminded of the old saying....."Living well is the best revenge". While I am not vengeful at all, I look forward to taking my healthy NY state pension, selling my house here where I pay over $6,000 in taxes, and living in Florida debt free.....where the only gloves I'll own are golf gloves.......

Respectfully, Frank

Give me 5, Frank! :highfive:

See you at the Square one of these days.

Can't wait to say adios to :cold:

...and ask, "What is a shovel, what is a snowplow?"

Bring on TV! :smiley:

[LI SNOWBIRD]

I'm with ya-- I wated to bring the snow shovel down to our TV villa, break it, and use it as a lawn ornamement. Got overruled by the BOSS.

[faithfulfrank]

Before I bought my Florida home, my plan was to put my awesome 13 hp Professional Ariens snowblower in my pick up truck and keep driving south until someone said, "What's that??" Then I knew I drove far enough.....:D

I'm thinking more now that I might bring my snowshovel down with us when we move just as a reminder.....I'll hang it in my garage next to my golf cart.

I do not regret at all buying our Florida home. Yes, I bought a few years ago when the prices were higher, but being a "frog", I did not buy it as an investment. I think prices WILL go back up in a few years, but I really do not care, as it will just be part of an estate split among the kids...I think in life folks regret more what they did NOT do more then what they did do.

I also think with some there is a crab bucket mentality that whenever one of the crabs work hard to get out of the bucket, there are always other crabs wanting to pull that crab back in. Always someone in the wings ready to rain on someones parade. I think that is "stinkin thinkin". I prefer not to have too many those types of people in my life. You end up being like those you hang with....so I like to hang around positive, successful people.

Some folks just need a "check up from the neck up"......I just spent yesterday moving my oldest son's family from NY to NC....another family leaving NY. We hope to do the same thing very soon. As soon as our NY home sells, we will be full time Floridians!

Frank.

[Schaumburger]

Before I bought my Florida home, my plan was to put my awesome 13 hp Professional Ariens snowblower in my pick up truck and keep driving south until someone said, "What's that??" Then I knew I drove far enough.....:D

I'm thinking more now that I might bring my snowshovel down with us when we move just as a reminder.....I'll hang it in my garage next to my golf cart.

I do not regret at all buying our Florida home. Yes, I bought a few years ago when the prices were higher, but being a "frog", I did not buy it as an investment. I think prices WILL go back up in a few years, but I really do not care, as it will just be part of an estate split among the kids...I think in life folks regret more what they did NOT do more then what they did do.

I also think with some there is a crab bucket mentality that whenever one of the crabs work hard to get out of the bucket, there are always other crabs wanting to pull that crab back in. Always someone in the wings ready to rain on someones parade. I think that is "stinkin thinkin". I prefer not to have too many those types of people in my life. You end up being like those you hang with....so I like to hang around positive, successful people.

Some folks just need a "check up from the neck up"......I just spent yesterday moving my oldest son's family from NY to NC....another family leaving NY. We hope to do the same thing very soon. As soon as our NY home sells, we will be full time Floridians!

Frank.

:agree:

[marybb]

To me TV is like heaven we have all heard about it but won't be able to understand the beauty until hopefully we get there. Same with TV have to see to believe.

[2BNTV]

To me TV is like heaven we have all heard about it but won't be able to understand the beauty until hopefully we get there. Same with TV have to see to believe.

Without the dying part. :)

[Trish Crocker]

Without the dying part. :)

I'm dying to get there!!

[2BNTV]

I'm dying to get there!!

In that sense. Me too!!!!!!!! :)

[BETHPAGE BLACK]

Bought my home 6 years ago way before I could retire, I've lived each day waiting for my next vacation time to enjoy my home..I am now ready to retire on Dec 2nd to become a full time VILLAGER...and cant wait.
People are now so tired of hearing me talk about TV but many have gone to see for themselves and like myself have purchased their home immediately. Took me all of 3 days to decide this is where I want to spend the new chapter of my life..
No one can beleive it until they see it themselves..If they dont get to see it..Their loss...:a040:

[Pturner]

Even some friends from Hotlanta asked us if we were sure we wanted to live in Florida in the summer. Now that's funny. Most days this summer, it has been hotter in Atlanta than in TV. :mornincoffee:

On the other hand, friends who have visited us here are all in awe of the place. Some even planning to move here now that they've seen it for themselves.

TV is like a box of chocolates. A mere description will never do it justice. Tasting, on the other hand, is believing.

[The Villager II]

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.


Herv

I now have lower blood pressure without medication and feel and look better than I have in 10 to 15 years. This place will extend my waiting to die and due it feeling better as well. We love it here.

[Schaumburger]

Bought my home 6 years ago way before I could retire, I've lived each day waiting for my next vacation time to enjoy my home..I am now ready to retire on Dec 2nd to become a full time VILLAGER...and cant wait.
People are now so tired of hearing me talk about TV but many have gone to see for themselves and like myself have purchased their home immediately. Took me all of 3 days to decide this is where I want to spend the new chapter of my life..
No one can beleive it until they see it themselves..If they dont get to see it..Their loss...:a040:

From one Laura to another Laura, Congrats on your upcoming retirement and becoming a Frog. You now have less than 4 months! Wish it was me. :wave:

Laura

[CarGuys]

You guys are all great and now a reality check just came in. Because of you that is why I wanted to move to TV

I am ashamed to admit I got caught up in all the IRS posting going around and it put me in a really bad mood about moving there.

I had that Jaws Shark Music playing in my head and flashback to Time Share NightMares that I am still getting theraphy for.

SO I'm coming down they are placing stickers for the house sale on all the stuff I have to get rid of,

A Villager told me before I left this July. Herv it's easier to travel with a check book that a Van full of Crap that dosent fit in here. I had to laugh.

Once again Thank You All for your positives that have picked me up, If the IRS sues TV they can wait for the check or give me free room and board in a padded Cell LOL

Well off to do what I hate worse than shoveling. Mowing 1.5 acres again and again and and again and again. $4.30 for Diesel and it burns it well. Love those small village lots.

The Snowblower just left with a happy customer. Poor Guy he likes the cold-- Yea Right

Herv

[Uptown Girl]

you guys are all great and now a reality check just came in. Because of you that is why i wanted to move to tv

i am ashamed to admit i got caught up in all the irs posting going around and it put me in a really bad mood about moving there.

I had that jaws shark music playing in my head and flashback to time share nightmares that i am still getting theraphy for.

So i'm coming down they are placing stickers for the house sale on all the stuff i have to get rid of,

a villager told me before i left this july. Herv it's easier to travel with a check book that a van full of crap that dosent fit in here. I had to laugh.

Once again thank you all for your positives that have picked me up, if the irs sues tv they can wait for the check or give me free room and board in a padded cell lol

well off to do what i hate worse than shoveling. Mowing 1.5 acres again and again and and again and again. $4.30 for diesel and it burns it well. Love those small village lots.

The snowblower just left with a happy customer. Poor guy he likes the cold-- yea right

herv

yay herv!

[BigLew]

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv


Herv - in December or January when you are in your golf cart buzzing around the Villages, (playing golf, pickleball, swimming, dancing in the square) and they are holed up in their caves waiting for spring, ask THEM who is in God's waiting room hmmmm!
:beer3:

[2BNTV]

You guys are all great and now a reality check just came in. Because of you that is why I wanted to move to TV

The Snowblower just left with a happy customer. Poor Guy he likes the cold-- Yea Right

Herv

Herv:

I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I can sell to him. :)

Best wishes on your move and future happiness.

[rubicon]

After four years of waiting our home is finally sold.

One more year of work up here in UpState Skaneateles New York and then we will be full time in Tamrind Grove.

Found a great home site. Our Liliac home will be completed in December. We are so darn excited!

However our friends are not. No matter how many pics I show them all we get is statements like-

Your crazy why are you moving to God's waiting Room to Die?, Got your rascal scooter and a oxygen bottle ready! All those bugs snakes gattors crime and illegals. So your gonna ride in a Golf Cart and dance in the streets.

Wow I gave up even telling anyone. I think we are very lucky and have found a great place to live. I have had nothing but positive's after visiting TV for the last three years. From sales staff, villagers local business the banks.

Maybe upstate NY taxes grey sky and annual 200 inchs of snow make us miserable? LOL

Did any of you get the same flack we are. Just curious!


Herv

You are going to miss Doug's Fish Fry, Rosalie's, Lasca's, Wegman's great produce and apple season with its breathtaking fall colors . The aroma of grapes permeating the air as they are being harvested to make wine in September ....and white hots

[CarGuys]

You are going to miss Doug's Fish Fry, Rosalie's, Lasca's, Wegman's great produce and apple season with its breathtaking fall colors . The aroma of grapes permeating the air as they are being harvested to make wine in September ....and white hots

All the kids and relatives that have moved out of the Syracuse say the same thing. I have to send my sister and my daughter Heides care packages on dry ice. If We could open a Doug's Fish Fry or a Quaker Steak and Lube in TV we would be RICH! Florida deos not understand a Buffalo Chicken Wing.

I figure I can start a Fall Heides Cookout in my neighborhood invite all you guys and the rest will become an annual event. Many in the country have no idea what a Hoffman Coney is!

Yes I will miss then , but thats what the Harley is for. I need a excuse for a early Fall road trip. Lake Placid in the Fall! Here I come.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

..... If We could open a Doug's Fish Fry or a Quaker Steak and Lube in TV we would be RICH! Florida deos not understand a Buffalo Chicken Wing. ......

You must have a better QS&L than the one we have here in central OH. :D Their wings used to be pretty good sized.........and then they must've stopped feeding the chickens! Hardly anything to them the last few times we've been there. Still tasty, though.

Sandy and I plan to try to track down some good wings when we get back to TV next month!

Bill :)

[Schaumburger]

Herv - in December or January when you are in your golf cart buzzing around the Villages, (playing golf, pickleball, swimming, dancing in the square) and they are holed up in their caves waiting for spring, ask THEM who is in God's waiting room hmmmm!
:beer3:

BigLew, :agree: I'm praying for a "mild" winter this year for the Chicago area. :pray:

[CarGuys]

I'm there if you find them. Or anyone else.

Herv

[collie1228]

Don't forget the Syracuse Gianelli Italian sausage!

[Trish Crocker]

I'm there if you find them. Or anyone else.

Herv

Herv, I'm sooo happy you made this decision!! I know you were momentarily on the fence...Good for you, can't wait to read your future posts telling us how great it is!

Trish

[another Linda]

... Poor Guy he likes the cold-- Yea Right

Herv
Hey, Herv, isn't that what we all have to say while we are still in Sybericuse?

[CarGuys]

Don't forget the Syracuse Gianelli Italian sausage!

Can't wait to be full time Villager then head back to Syracuse for a couple of weeks to take in the NY State Fair. Good excuse to enduldge and fill up on all the goodies.

Syracuse made the Food Channel and Man vs Food! The Dinosaur BBQ , Heides and Mothers Kitchen to name a few

Then its back to TV for a hard year of retirement work! Or would that be some seroius working out to take of the poundage!

[faithfulfrank]

Herv,
Make sure you bring back some Chivetta's marinade, Bison Chip Dip, White hots, Beef on Weck, and some Sahlean's hot dogs.....
I've even thought of bringing back some Perry's "Top Shelf Sundae" ice cream if I could.....

We listed our home with a Realtor yesterday....so hopefully soon we will be down there for good.

Frank

[CarGuys]

Herv,
Make sure you bring back some Chivetta's marinade, Bison Chip Dip, White hots, Beef on Weck, and some Sahlean's hot dogs.....
I've even thought of bringing back some Perry's "Top Shelf Sundae" ice cream if I could.....

We listed our home with a Realtor yesterday....so hopefully soon we will be down there for good.

Frank

Hope it sells before winter sets in! Our best friend for the second time had to reject a home offer. After four years he lowered it to give away and was still getting beat up by the buyer trying to pick apart a very very nice 12 year old home.

Good news for us as we are now helping them out with a rental where I can now walk to work vs drive 72 miles a day through SNOW SLOP SALT while dodging both wild Deer Turkeys Garbage Trucks from NYC and those Big Green John Deere tractors.

Just finished off a large Perry's Hot Fudge Sunday at Dougs Fish Fry