Please give him a break. I’m in my 60’s and sometimes forget. Imagine the authors @ 80? lol

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Hello! I’m mostly retired. Age 61, like to explore TV. Any agents or landlords? Looking for a short term rental in the Area. I like tennis/pickle all, boating/fishing…. Please text me : 646-236-3871 with any leads…. Thanks 🙏 you guys are the best!

That's up from when I moved here ten years ago. Then the same google search showed it to be about 68.

Funny, I would have though that the average age would be going down.

We're evidently not dying off as fast as younger people are moving in.

So, have you bought a home in The Villages?

Plenty, and don’t call them “old”!

Can we call them "Shirley"?

A friendly suggestion. you should never put you phone number in a post on any forums (like this one). Hackers/Spammers, have bots that just automatically look for phone numbers and add them to their auto spam calling bots. Some forums do provide privacy so only verified members can read the posts, but you never know if the one you are on does that.

So, best rule to follow is just don't post your real phone number without masking it, like "six 4 six 236 thirty eight seventy one."

Good advice, however, you also reposted his phone #, so even if he did change his post yours still stands, until you delete.
What you should have done when you quoted off was deleted part of post with phone #. Until then your friendly suggestion would only continue to help hackers/spammers.

Seems to be your favorite word.

In my opinion, TV is too large to consider the average age of the entire community. As others have said, areas generally differ.

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Anybody over 19 can buy a house here as long as nobody under 19 lives there. The Villages can and does allow up to 20% of the homes be owned by people under 55

Interesting but why do you think that?

There are people ranging from 50 to God knows what you are going to love it

There's a guy and gal on my street that are in their 40s who are in the percentage of people who are allowed to be less than 55. This is in the Fenney area. But there are people here also who are brand new residents and in their 80s.

Who cares though since you have to be somewhere. And if you are going to be somewhere why not be here-here.

Plus you might live to be 120 years old which is 40 years away.

ff

From the way folks drive around here, the average age looks to be about 125

....or an inconsiderate _?_ (insert number).

My husband an I are new to TV and are ages 65 nd 70 and have met quite a few Villagers 80+ as well as those in their 50s. Don't think you will have any trouble finding a tribe in TV since most tribes form out of mutual interests and not age. Until she passed away a few years ago one of my closest friends for many years was my mother's age. Our friendship began when we worked together as nurses in a hospital ER, and it was our mutual love of travel that led to developing our close friendship which we took many trips together which memories of them I cherish.

No, but you can call me Shirley because that is my name. My father got to name his baby sister and he picked Shirley after Shirley Temple who was his favorite childhood star and I was named after my aunt. Could have been worse and I ended up with an aunt named Spanky.

Possibly a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Color me suspicious

Partially true. Actually the rule for “age restricted communities” is - At least 80% of homes must be occupied by at least one individual at least 55 years of age. My daughter has bought four homes in TV over the last four years and is currently 54 and has never been questioned about age restrictions. My unscientific perception is that TV has way fewer than 20% of homes occupied only by residents under 55, so being under 55 and over 20 should be no hindrance to anyone who wants to buy a home here.

I think it helps a lot that you have owned homes in TV, have snow birded and are already familiar with the lay of the land. You likely already know what activities you enjoy doing and where you'll shop for groceries plus which pharmacy you'll use and which doctors you'll see. You probably have a good idea which village you would like to live in.

My mom looked at The Villages for the first time ever when she was in her early 80's. She ultimately decided that an Independent Living apartment which provided a shuttle to/from shopping and medical appointments would suit her needs better. She was still driving at the time but wanted a good back up transportation plan in place and she really didn't want a home to maintain.

Good luck with what you decide.

Was wondering where this information is from? The original owners from the 70's 80's and even 90's have mostly moved on from the villages one way or another.

That is highly Classified information!

I'd classify it as bull$hyte.