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Originally Posted by NewtoTown
(Post 645295)
Hello, I have been thinking about moving to "The Villages" maybe next week but im worried about the comments I have heard that is only for people of age, is this true can a 25 year old single lady without a job yet can survive at The Villages?
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Well, at first I would say that no 25 year old that I've ever known would want to live in a retirement community.
When our kids graduated high school, they couldn't wait to move away from home at age 17 (as cushy as they had it with us) and live in a small sized city to attend university.......cities offer so many cultural activities that a small town cannot...........as nice as it might have been to have been raised in a small community.
After graduating, they moved to the really big cities like Boston, etc. and found their niche..........enjoying all that a city offers........they also tried island living, etc., back to the cities for their grad school and business school work..........then one became a city mouse in Denver and the other became a country mouse, moving back to Vermont to begin their family............
However, our "middle aged son" when he first saw The Villages while visiting us with their first infant........told his wife "Don't tell my parents but I can actually see myself living here in 15 years......" Meaning at age 55.
I doubt if he would have ever said that at age 25.
Naive me thought they both would have finished college, gone to grad school and moved back to our wonderful little town..........but they chose city life with all its opportunities. Younger crowd of "peers", lots of cultural and sporting activities to participate in............NOT TO MENTION CAREER OPPORTUNITIES .
If your letter is a sincere one........I'd check out coastal Florida , like Sarasota, with Longboat Key beaches, etc. and a vibrant "city" life for the younger crowd.
Second choice for you would be a UNIVERSITY TOWN in Florida.
You would meet people your own age...........not retired older men.
p.s. The Villages "idea" is a good one. Perhaps the developer, or another one, could create a community for young people, young couples.........
The young folks we know like to live in what is now called "The City Center" where all the yuppies and generation X have bought up old homes and totally remodeled them into these fabuous contemporary "interiors"............they can walk down to the "town square" where the cafes are........meet up with their friends who also now have children..........go to the zoo, the theatre, the aquarium, the museums........tons of such places to go...........this is what the twenties, thirties and forties want today.............with "outdoor activities such as skiing, hiking, biking" close by. Not living in a 55 plus retirement community......