Any regrets
 

Any regrets from anyone that they live in the Villages. I see some who come from the Northeast. How are you feeling the heat? I know how hot it gets there. When my husband and I were there a few times, we loved the idea of golf carts, the pools for adults (no children) unless you go to the family pool, the squares, and the many clubs and activities that one can join.

Nope. Awesome to live in The Villages.

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I like your response.

The heat is okay if you stay out of the sun. The current weather in the shade or if cloudy is quite tolerable. No regrets

Love it glad I made the move in 2009. No matter how hot it gets I don't have to shovel. If I want to see white I'll order a beer or go watch the surf at the Ocean. Oh yea and I can afford a GREAT life style.

No regrets.

Wish I had one or two in order to make my response more credible. I'll try really hard to find one.

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We miss nothing about the northeast. Old, cold and dirty. Political sewer, otherwise a nice place for someone else to live of visit.

I have regrets. That is the reason I sold last week. A year after I bought my home I went to the Rohan dedication and heard the Village rep say " this is the last rec center we will ever build. Then the next year, Fenny popped up. Then information about the land purchase near Wildwood. Then in 2017 the deal with Leesburg for another 8000 homes. Then I saw where Morse family was selling homes in Fenny for as little as $161,000. With another 22,000 homes coming on in the next 2 years I figured unless you owned for 5 yrs or more you would always compete with the builder forever. Put the home up August 1, sold it, and now rent for 4 months a year for a lot less than owning. Owning here is not inexpensive, no matter what the powers at be tell you. Some of us aren't as rich as many folks here. I guess if you sell a home in the East for big money, prices here are reasonable, but not for a middle class guy from Ohio. No, I enjoy visiting here, but wish I had not purchased. I'd be about 10 grand ahead if I had only rented.

You LOST "10 grand" on the sale of your home here? Or in Cincinnati to come HERE? Or on renting here?

And I think your regrets are the continued building of new homes? Or the lower prices in Fenney possibly because for a time Fenney will be away from the "Mainland"?

I am confused about what caused you to regret buying here but brings you back here for a good part of the year?

There are so many things wrong with FR's post. I started to reply and my reply got sucked into the confusion vacuum.

To the OP................we have all kinds down here, just like any place with a +100,000 population.

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Hey you go girl!

Folks...FredR gave his OPINION. He responded based on his own experience. Don't take it personally. There is nothing "wrong" with his post. Everyone doesn't have to agree. Good luck, FredR.

My wife and I have zero regrets. We are originally from NJ and lived in Michigan as well. We don't miss anything about living up north. True the summers are very hot and humid, but I can go outside 365 and enjoy being outdoors. You learn to adjust your activity level, and just remember that 10-2 are usually the hottest parts of the day. The pools are quite refreshing! When the winter weathers came while we were up North, especially when it got below zero, going outside was not anywhere near the top of my list. "Snow" (and actually "work") are now 4 letter words in my vocabulary.

Truly this is a personal decision as there are people who regret moving south and being away from their immediate family. If you have grandchildren, this might be a factor in your decision as there are people who have sold their homes and returned 'home'.

Regrets, I have a few. But this Ain't one of them. The bright flame of TV'S enthusiasm flickered for a moment after the storm but were back at full blast now. I think we should regret we didn't tell the kids we were moving. Mrs. Nucky not so much!

I think the point is, we didn't UNDERSTAND. Perhaps you need to read his post and ours too?

We moved from Boston and NH. We have no regrets as such, but we miss certain things especially in Boston. Miss the theatre, the restaurants, the stores, the Museum and Art Galleries, even miss the Duck Boats! But, life moves on and we were finding it more and more difficult to drive in and out of Boston with the amount of traffic and the winters were really a problem. I think there comes a time in everyone's life when your needs change and ours did, so TV suits us just fine. Of course, the summer is hot, but the air conditioning is superb and we do not get the brown outs we had in Boston. So, in answer to your question "No Regrets", but great memories.:)

No regrets, glad I came here before retirement age. We find it much more affordable than living where we were in the Northeast. Have not looked back even one day! Good luck with your decision.

Geezzz-O-Pete, WE DO have A/C here in Florida....:ohdear:

We moved to TV in March 2006 and have absolutely no regrets. Well, perhaps one. We regret not moving here first instead of another adult retirement community.

Because of personal obligations we are "Snowbirds" but have always owned instead of renting. We have found purchasing, decorating and selling four properties in TV have more than paid for our winters here. I admit owning a home here and one in Illinois can be challenging at times but we learn to deal with it.

Bottom line---I find living in a "growth community" is a much better situation than in a stagnant one. It appears that The Villages will continue to grow and progress for the foreseeable future. But to each his own.

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First of all the same as you do or did your body gets used to the temperature.
As to hot. I used to walk the streets of Manhattan in a suit.
There is no state tax-NY was 6% Auto insurance is about half.
Believe it or not Florida oranges are less expensive in NY then in Florida.

Not with us, but the people next door are moving back to where they came from before being here a year; the wife misses their kids too much.

The only regret I have is that we didn't move here sooner. I was still working (consulting and traveling by plane every week) so I just had a longer commute to the airport. After nine years here, I pinch myself and say is it real? I too like seeing the progress. Every week there is something new - next week Walmart is opening near us. I have not missed a tennis day because of heat. I wish it were a bit warmer in January and February. Most of those who I know have moved back have done so for health reasons to be close to family.

My wife and I were born and raised in Michigan before moving to North Carolina 20 years ago. That first summer had record-breaking heat and I thought sure I was going to die from it. By the next summer, I didn't find it so bad. After that, no problems. We moved to The Villages last February as full-timers and just finished our first summer here. We didn't really find it hotter than North Carolina, just hot earlier and longer. And now that we're retired and don't have to get everything outside done on the precious few days off we had, we find it actually easier to take than North Carolina. If it's hot outside during the day in the summer months, we just find something inside to do. That can be at home (TV, reading, music, video games and let's not forget our wonderful naps!) or out in The Villages (so many clubs and classes at the recreation centers, bowling, shooting pool, going to the movies, dining out, shopping, going to the gym, etc.). If there are things that HAVE to be done outside, we just do them earlier in the morning or later in the evening. If it's too hot to go to the squares when the music starts at 5 PM, we can always wait until 7 PM, for example.

As far as regrets, sorry but I just don't have any yet. We love our house (which was built well enough to come through hurricane Irma without a scratch), we love bopping around in our golf cart, we love our neighborhood and neighbors, we love the huge variety of activities in The Villages and we love what we're finding to do outside of The Villages throughout Florida. And I have yet to even find time to take golf back up after 30+ years away from the game and take advantage of essentially free golf at the many executive courses!

But there must be SOME shortcomings, right? Well hmmm.... Costco hasn't moved here... yet! But we get down to Orlando about once a month to spend a few hours at one of the Disneys (awesome deals for annual passes for Florida residents) and stop in there and/or Trader Joes (also absent so far around The Villages) before heading home. What else? It took us a while to find a family physician but we have one now and quite like him. Ah, what else? Sorry, drawing a blank.

Good luck with your decision!

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I just read another post who said their only regret was that they didn't move here sooner. I guess our only regret is that we couldn't move here sooner (wrapping up careers in North Carolina). But we moved here just three days after my last day of work up there!
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I understood every word you said. It was clearly stated that you lost $$$ with your home sale in TV and not Cleveland.

I do sympathize with you. What works for us is I rent out my home, and only spend time here when its vacant, which is 5/6 or so months out of the year, not consecutively.

So you did the right thing for you, and I for me....

Live and Let Live....

Keep it up....

I agree with every word of this post. Jojo was one of the first people we met when we moved here. We were born in the same city. That is the joy, the friendships that blossom over time with people of your own era and interests.

Yes I believe everyone had right to their opinion. And thank you for all of yours.

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Ouch! I have no regrets but I wouldn't go that far! :22yikes:

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Were you a full time resident? It sounds like you were here a couple of months a year. I can see your situation if that was it.

About the only thing I miss is sitting on the front porch on a crisp fall morning with a cup of coffee.

One reason I regret moving to the villages is the extreme heat in the summer.. I am now in upstate New York on vacation. The upstate area has had zero days of 90° temperatures since July 1 until present. In my opinion one of the prettiest places in the United States is the Catskill Mountain area of New York State. In the summer seldom gets above 90°,, nights are mostly in the 65 to 70° range.. The air is fresh and clean,, the amount of oxygen in the air due to all of the tree cover is extremely high and so easy to breathe. The humidity is very very low. There are so many things to do and places to go concerts, country fairs, fabulous restaurants,, playing golf in the Catskill Mountains is a pleasure beautiful courses great condition and the price is right. Don't get me wrong I still love the villages at certain times of the year. I do not spend January or February in the villages as it is pretty cold. I find myself renting in Costa Rica for those two months. The weather is fabulous the days along and if you look around there are things to do. If I had to do it all over I would definitely move further south in Florida with the weather in the winter is not as chilly. Yes I have pictures of snow on my roof in the villages. So have another glass of Kool-Aid and go out and play some golf with the conditions of the courses are pristine. No excuses, too much rain, too little rain, too much play.

I LOVE the heat. I wish it were above 90 all year long ! My only regret is that the Villages isn’t located another 500 miles south.


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Will take a July in The Villages vs a January up north! No regrets! You actually get use to the heat. At least I did!

Maybe their not moving out. Maybe they just died or have health issues? It happens....

TV is not for everyone and glad that's it's not.

I have a friend who is looking for a home and complains about everything. They say the want to move here, but can not find the perfect house for them. We did take them to On Top of The World where they loved the homes, but not the lifestyle.

OP I'm NOT suggesting you are complaining.

My name says exactly how I feel about this place.

Can you just please tell me what OP means? My husband and I were at the Villages about 4 or 5 times for preview visits. We always liked it. I just retired and my husband has been retired for some time now. We are thinking of making that move to TV.

Make the move while you can--no guarantees in life at all--

It means Original Poster.