Village + Age
 

We will be buying a home in The Villages in January. We've rented in several different villages about 8 times since 2007 and we realize that one of the most appealing things about The Villages is getting together with neighbors. It is important to us to have at least some neighbors who are somewhat close to our age. Would those of you who live now and/or will soon live in the villages of Duval, Hemingway, Hadley, St. Charles, Sanibel, Fernindina,Gilchrist etc. share which village you live in and what your age is?

I am not aware of any age requirements for any village.

I think the OP is referring to the trend where "younger" buyers buy in the new Villages. My husband and I (53 and 50) are building in Gilchrist (yes, I know we're younger than 55, but as long as TV has a certain percentage of residents over 55, it isn't a problem). We have met some of our soon-to-be neighbors...and they do not seem to be much older than we are but I think they are completely retired so do the math. However, my parents (both 73) just moved into a "spec" home in June in Tamarind Grove, a relatively newer Village. My mother-in-law is 82 and she lives in Santa Domingo (moved to TV about 12 years ago).

I am 107 and live in Laurel Valley. Our village is one year old and I am the youngest.

These kinds of questions REALLY get under my skin.

Sorry. I shouldn't have typed that.

I am 37 and married to a 93 yo...Can I move there ?

WELCOME to TOTV. When you get here you will find that you will meet people based on your activities. Those that you have the most in common with, you will socialize with. These people may or may not live in your Village. It doesn't matter. Age is just a number.

Yes you can and at age 37 you have enough time for a few more husbands to boot!

Gracie- you look great for 107. Must be the water in Laurel Valley.

Yes, CalcTeacher, you are correct in that I am gathering information about trends. Thank you so much for your sincere answer. I also agree that we will socialize with others of like interests. As I mentioned, however, socializing with neighbors is also a lot of fun and being with others about our same age lends itself to visiting with them about common experiences etc. and that is something I enjoy. I have no idea why this innocent question would get under someone's skin. What am I missing?

Well U may get better feedback if U told the group your age(s)

Because most questions of this sort are posed by people who at the youngest end of the spectrum...who seem to be trying to avoid "older" people.

I apologize.

Welcome to you. You will fit in well in any village, just as most people do. The commonality we have is that we have lived and learned and were happy and sad by turns for about five decades,or more.... We have met a lot of people along the way, and accomplished a lot and have many stories to share and many, like me like to hear them..

I am sorry I acted like a mean person.

My Sweetie and I are both 72. He is far nicer.

I TOTALLY agree with you GG! Just move down here. If they are that picky about who they live around or associate with, maybe they shouldn't live here since they are so worried. I have never heard of someone moving to a city and asking what is the age of people around them. They have a good idea here though! Duh!! :agree:

Thank you graciegirl for the apology. As you may have noticed, that was only my third post ever and I was unprepared and uncomfortable with your response. Actually, we aren't very young and trying to avoid "old people". We're 68 and 72 and we are merely trying to gather as much information as possible to see if the villages we are interested in are a good fit for us.

Please don't worry about age differences. In our neighborhood, we have people ranging from the 50's to almost 90. We have a social club that meets monthly and we ALL have a good time.

At the beginning, the neighborhood did a lot of things together, but, as time went on, people met people from other villages with similar interests and we do not do quite as much together outside the social club. But we all get along wonderfully. We joke that you can't take an exercise walk around the neighborhood because you are always stopping to talk to one neighbor or the other.

trying to zero in on whatever you are zeroing in on using age as you think you may know it from wherever else you live(d) or experienced has no bearing whatsoever on what are the ages of whoever in whatever village in TV.

If age is a criteria for where you want to buy you may need to be looking at other than TV.

I know 50++ who are older acting in every respect than many 65+ and 70+.

Remember the 50 somethings of today are tomorrows 70 somethings.....and wouldn't you feel bad if someone chose not to be your neighbor because you were too old.

Forget the age bit....it is a number on a piece of paper that has nothing to do with how some of us behave.

btk

What would your age be?