Would you mind elaborating on that? As someone who is researching moving there I’d like your insight. Thank you!

I'll try.
 

Some folks move here and want every thing new. They spend the max of their budget on the new home. Others sell the big home then, with all the proceeds, find they prefer to find an older, more established area where the properties may be significantly less with lots of upgrades already in, or just waiting for you to make to your taste. These folks often have more, significantly more, to spend on their lifestyle activities.
Different strokes for different folks.
Hope this makes sense.

Who says people are spending there max on new homes I think that is far from what people do when buying at an older age , go Patriots

"Some folks"...

Stop making me defend OBB!


I've found (in my short time in TV) that there is a very wide distribution of housing prices and retirement/disposable income. There is no "one size fit's all"...

I don’t think hardly anybody is maxing out there income whether 55 or 85, if they are they should sign up for financial help classes , Pats win 24/6 I can go out , ride my bike and watch delayed packers / chiefs and tonight titans / Rams I love football

She said "maxing out their budget", not "income"...

You know exactly what I mean , I don’t know why I played into that I usually ignore it or it will never get over you win I up

I don't rely on what people "mean". I rely on what they "say"...

Well, it is their income. They're able to spend what is there I suppose.

Just got here last year, aged 72 and 66
 

Bought last year in Hemingway, aged 72 and 66 at that time.

Funny
 

We have been in TV full time since 2012 and originally bought back in 2006 as snowbirds. We were very active then. We are just about right at the median age and your description of your previous life in Beverly Hills sounds like us now here.

Wow!
 

Wish my folks were still alive, they would be so proud to know that their son is, at last, above average in something.

From City-Data:

Population in 2019: 85,377 (97% urban, 3% rural). Population change since 2000: +924.6% Males: 39,029 (45.7%) Females: 46,348 (54.3%) Median resident age: 72.6 years Florida median age: 42.4 years Zip codes: 32162, 34484, 34491. The Villages Zip Code Map Estimated median household income in 2019: $68,233 (it was $42,542 in 2000) The Villages: $68,233 FL: $59,227 Estimated per capita income in 2019: $48,119 (it was $28,343 in 2000) The Villages CDP income, earnings, and wages data Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $301,400 (it was $135,700 in 2000) The Villages: $301,400 FL: $245,100

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5 to 10 years from dead

I'm 54 and can't wait to live in The Villages!