Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I think the point is, we didn't UNDERSTAND. Perhaps you need to read his post and ours too?
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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.
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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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Not sure what you are thinking
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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! <Edit> 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! </Edit> |
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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.... |
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Yes I believe everyone had right to their opinion. And thank you for all of yours.
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