Living Outside of the Villages
 

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the diffrence of living outside the Villiages or inside. Prices of homes seem to be less in other Villiages and I was wondering why. Thanks for your input

One does not live in TV because of the cost of a house. One lives in TV because of the Lifestyle which no one else has

Why? The people, the lifestyle, the activities and amenities, the roundabouts-- no, wait, scratch that one-- the laughter, great neighbors, the sense of community, the list goes on. We serve way better kool-aid!

I thought the kool aide comment was not going to be used anymore.:sad:

Hi, Bogie Shooter,
Curious why you thought that? I hope you didn't think it poisoned me! :beer3:

OH....please come and see what fun we have!
 

The previous posters are all completely spot on.

If you live outside you have one golf course, (not 29 executive and 9 champion), Some clubs, (not over 1000) One rec center, (I lost count of rec centers...Village07?) You can swim in any of the myriad of family pools or choose the bunch of pools for grownups only.

If you live outside the villages there is NO Lifelong Learning College, (MY very favorite next to the people) You can get most anywhere in your golf cart and enjoy the cute, smart, bright, retro, stylish and imaginative other golf carts you pass.

I truly believe that friendly people who love to be with other friendly people are drawn to this beautiful place.

Actually Gracie, you may not realize it, but you don't have to be a Villager to use the Lifelong Learning College, but I believe being a Villager does give us Priority on signing up for courses. Obviously the advantages of TV is its a golf cart community, as others mentioned, it has many more golf courses, softball fields, pools, etc. (although no indoor pool or indoor gym), many more clubs, etc. Grocery stores and doctors are close by. Everything is very convenient. At least right now, there is a steady influx of newcomers, which makes it easy to meet people and to make friends. With all the clubs, too, there are many opportunities for socializing and making friends. I'm not sure you'd get that in a smaller community. Also, some of the smaller retirement communities I've seen tend to have a lot of older people. If you are younger, you may not find people your age. With the steady turnover in TV, I don't think that would be a problem.

Probably the biggest difference is how much you drive your car. In most of those other places, you get in the car for everything. Even if you want to go to one of our town squares. Here the car is hardly ever used. You use the golf cart for most everything. So yes, you can probably buy for less, but in the longer term it will cost you more and you will not have nearly as much. Age old problem, you get what you pay for.

I think you mean FREE gym? There are some indoor gyms but I know there is some frustration on this issue (search previous posts on the subject).

GOLF! Especially "free" executive golf everyday for life.

Jmo
 

:welcome:My wife and I looked at many different areas of Florida before deciding on TV.We had been to TV 8 plus years ago for the first time to visit friends.TV sparked an intrest for us but we still had to be fair and check out other areas. After looking in all directions from TV nothing came close. Some were beautiful properties, some have since gone belly up, one we were very interested in we drove through recently and the piece of property we had a deposit on 4 years ago was still available, as a matter of fact so were many, many more. So I have to agree with all the other posters, I can buy a house anywhere but there's only one place to buy TV. One of my favorite things is on a quiet morning getting in the golf cart and riding around the beautiful clean grounds, seeing people smiling, walking, off to clubs and everybody waves at you and says hello or good morning. That's what TV is all about.:a040::MOJE_whot:

As much as we like TV, I can certainly see why some people may prefer something different. Maybe a little more laid back lifestyle, different styles of housing and lot sizes etc. That's why it's so impotant to do your homework and research possible locations.

:beer3: :agree: We drink the kool-aid too!!

Outside .vs. inside
 

I've yet to purchase a home, but I have been conducting quite a lot of research. It's certainly true, that you can get more house for the money, if you purchase outside TV. But, as indicated in many of the posts here, you do not get the TV lifestyle. Not quite sure how to put a value on the lifestyle, but I'll be buying in TV.....

There's so much more to TV than golf. Just take a look at the upcoming art workshops with internationally acclaimed artists: http://artworkshopsinthevillages.com/schedule

There was a thread last year that had a lot of comments regarding the death of so many people from drinking poisen laced kool aide. To compare that with drinking kool aide and them becoming a Villager did not make sense. Didn't then and doesn't now.

I always thought that drinking the kool aid was a harmless expression meaning that you are just buying into something.

Maybe you should read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

I agree with Donna, associating a phrase drinking the kool aide when talking about TV and the Jonestown massacre that happened over 30 years ago is a stretch. Pass the kool aide and make mine the cherry.....gn

I personally feel that is silly linking the phrase we use here so commonly, to that old tragedy.

Drinking the Koolaid in TV does mean you are a goner. Just being here will do you in. You can't get it out of your mind. It is a very nice way to feel.

I really don't think people make the connection with that phrase and the suicides in Guiana many years ago. We use "He's a goner" when people are in love, or like a car etc.

You, all of you reading this, who have never been here....You are goners if you come and see what we are raving about. The water is tainted. (Is that better?)

If we don't use the kool aide phrase, we really need something else to describe what happens on a very regular basis. For us, we never even considered living outside TV. It was love at first sip.

better

We came down in December and tasted the Koolaid. We are now trying to sell our house so we can live in TV and sip the Koolaid every day.

Welcome Donna! All the best in selling your house and finding a dream house in TV. I'm excited for you!

Villages Koolaid is only served in the Villages sales department.


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That is where you are wrong Mary Jane, and for the first time too. I mean Chuck. :duck:

I think it is served in all of the restaurants and homes and triple strength in the public drinking fountains. It can be inhaled too.:ohdear:

Thank-you. We are thinking of renting for a month this spring. We plan on filling a few containers full of Kool Aid to bring back north with us.

:agree:Yes, yes, and on the squares, at the golf courses, in the recreation centers, at the club meetings, dog parks, fitness trails, at the pools. We sip it out on our lanias with our morning coffee and drink it on our golf carts all over TV. We TV peep love our Kool-aid.

And why wouldn't we? It comes in more flavors here than anywhere. That's why the houses here might cost a little more.

Mary Jane?


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There are indoor gyms...The forth one is going to be in the newest regional recreational center which is now under construction near Duval.

True you can get a less expensive house and and I feel better floor plans, but is anyone oout doing anything? What are you interests, what have you always wanted to do, what have you regeted not doing? you can do it here. over 1500 clubs, churches, ballfields, great neighbors, no need for a car, many things are free. look at www.districtgov.org,I think the rec news is on there and a list of all the clubs

Thanks for the link! That one will go in the keeper file!:MOJE_whot:

how about the tv happy hour that hapens all over with out fail. cant find a area anywhere else that has universal happy hour.

Why we chose to be in TV rather than near it
 

We visited in June and sold our house today. We move to Florida in 45 days and just need to pick out the CYV we want. We considered a lot of other places as you get more land and more house for less or the same money. Something kept drawing us back to TV. I guess it is like one poster stated when he said it is the friendly people. My wife and I like friendly and easy going people. All of our friends are easy going and like to laugh. I like to make people laugh

In the end we decided to move to TV because my in-laws want to go to Katie Belle. :smiley: