Spanish Springs or Lake Sumter Landing
 

Which one do you like?????

SS has character. The buildings have aged with that certain aura of grace. The people definitely have character also. I believe that with the cart paths being so bad, once you arrive there, you appreciate the atmosphere so much more.

:agree:Market Square is fun but Spanish Springs is quaint and has more character.

Wife and I have never liked the Spanish style so it just doesn't appeal. We like the seashore feeling of LSL and also like the stores there better.
Also like walking the boardwalk after dinner and nightly dancing.

Army Guy

not sure. where are the bad golf cart trails?

It's like trying to pick between a glass of sangria and a rum-and-coke. There's a time you'd like one, and another time the other. Both are great.

I agree with SteveZ - both squares are very nice.The better half and I enjoy both of them.

Sorry I voted. It was at 20 to 20 - should have left it there.

Poll needed a third option - like both.


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Thats a pretty good comparison. We like going to LSL. More of the open feeling there. Also like the water.

Money Out

I think my preference is based on being from California -- Spanish Springs has more of a California flair; LSL is more northeastern. Even so, I really like them both. So, we're back to a tie.

We love Sumter Landing because it is less crowded and has far less people from outside the Villages. Just wish they had more different types of restaurants...maybe a medium cost sea food place.

Me thinks the "bad trails" are the trails north of Rt. 466. That's why they are going to redo them. They are old fashioned, cracked and bumpy and very narrow.

Great Groups Of The Villages
 

For me it all depends who the entertainment is. Both Town Squares are worth the trip.

A great poll would be who do you go out of your way to see. My foavorites are listed below.

Carribian Chillers
http://www.caribbeanchillers.com/

Lenny Wilson Trio
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKQik0oiJuU&feature=related[/ame]

Rocky & The Rollers
http://www.rockyandtherollers.com/in...s/Page2329.htm

Norman Lee & The Boondock Saints

Scooter The DJ

Paul Vesco Band

Cactus Jacl & The Cadillacs
http://www.bopper.com/

Donna Moore & Dunning Shaw on Monday nights at Katie Belle's

Earth Beat

Red Neck Country Club Band

Cheers

Cool Breeze

I am sure that I missed a good group or more than just one. We have many groups worth seeing that play here on a regular basis. If you google most of the above you will see what I am talking about

We like both, but if push came to shove we would go with SS.:eclipsee_gold_cup: LSL seems to attract too many people from outside TV, especially at the movie theatre.
Irish

Always found SS to crowded for carts, cars, etc. and very slow moving around it. The lake at LSL adds to the area along with finer eateries, shops and so on. Like them both but favor LSL. Not from west coast like Redwitch but love southwetern styles. Made our home in Northeast similar to Arizona homes.

The trail running parallel to Bueno Vista, the El Camino Real trail, and the intra-village trails that run through El Hacienda Golf Course.

Bsliny
 

I like them both but if i have to chose SS gets my vote

Which one..... hum
 

Well I am like a lot of other who voted, I like them both but for different things. It depends on the entertainment. I like Lake Sumter better from the water and style as I am a water guy. So if I have to pick one it would be LS

Lake Sumter Landing won in this poll. Anyone not voted yet?

I like both for very different reasons. Really like the feel of SS for the architecture and square. But LSL is more open and I like the shops and restaurants a lot there... Depends on the day, I guess! Now the caveat will be when BS opens!

I like both, but I prefer SS. If SS had a Starbucks again I probably would probably spend significantly more time in SS.

Probably depends a lot on which is closest to where you live especially after happy hour.
Do wish LSL and Brownwood will extend their HH to 7P like SS.

a tie for me

Like both. Like the restaurants better at LSL but like hanging out at the square better at SS.

We love the boardwalk on the lake at LSL so that would get our vote.

The outside people are exactly why we like SS better!!! That and the shade trees make for a great setting in the summer

I love the Key West/Old Florida look of LSL. Some people think that it is a Cape Cod look. I guess they have never been to Key West.

Lake Sumeter Landing and so far got the most votes
LSL 109
SS 68

Lake Sumter Landing by a nose
 

I prefer the Key West look and feel of LSL. It also seems less confined. But mostly I like it more because it's significantly closer.

I like the "theme" of Lake Sumter Landing better.....it feels like a town along the ocean front. ALSO, we have a very specific reason for liking LSL......Spanish Springs is too small for the number of dancers and our Patrick can't sit in his wheelchair directly in front of the bandstand without being in the dancers' way....at LSL, there's a nice little area by the stairs that's out of the way, but he can see the band......we are regulars there.

I am very curious about Brownwood. Again, I am not sure I am going to like the cowtown theming.....seems like it might be Kissimmee at the Villages!:1rotfl: