I was told by my realtor that new homes in new neighborhoods tend to be a younger crowd. Many do not have friends here and the neighborhood goes through some sort of rite of passage figuring out who to hire to cut the lawn or whether Comcast is better than Direct TV. He said those early friendships tend to last.

That seems to be the case for me. I live close to Brownwood. I like to play the execs in Spanish Springs and I usually get paired up with golfers older than me. But golfers tend to be friendly. It's hard to be unfriendly playing a game that can be quite humiliating at times.

We are 61 and 63 and live near lake Sumter. Our friends all in same age bracket and in same area. If you love softball you might want to be close to saddlebrook

Or the new fields at the Rowan Complex near CR44

It depends what sports you plan on doing. I have friends who bought in the south and now want to move north because it's a long haul to go to softball at buffalo and saddlebrook, a long haul to go to track practice at 7:30 in the morning at the high school, and a long haul to go to all the parties at my house!

Don't look now but at 65 years young you are a "baby boomer" whether you like it or not.

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IMHO I think you may have a case of the "Oh my God, I'm moving to a retirement community filled with wrinklies, what am I going to do".

I told my other half that "I am never, ever, going to move to a retirement community with all those old people" - I have been here 9 years!!!

When we came looking, really looking for a home, we knew exactly what location we wanted and I never thought about the age of people in that area, or the fitness of the people in that area, all we knew was what location we wanted. We found it, moved in and met our neighbors and found they are a mix of every age group. Our friends that we actually socialize with live in various Villages, my friends are not necessarily my neighbors.

We cannot see too much difference in living here and in where we came from, except there are no children or teens living here.