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Originally Posted by michtofla (Post 1878206)

Just stay away from anything south of 44. After your walk you will hear the dynamite blasting at the nearby stone quarry, the loud speaker announcements at the Coleman Prison, the deafening noise from the turnpike and the lovely Train whistle. When you get tired of listening to that you can get in your golf cart and drive 25 miles to the nearest “anything”. Don’t say you weren’t warned!

You will never hear dynamite blasting south of 44, you will feel a 2 second rumble similar to a truck hitting a pothole every 6 weeks or so, I have lived here 3-1/2 years and have never heard a loud speaker announcement, the turnpike is only near the far eastern villages and cannot be heard in the most populous of all villages, The Village of Fenney. The closest train track is west of 301 so I have no idea where you came up with a train whistle. As far as warnings, there are over 3,600 residents in The Village of Fenney, more than any other village, ask any one of them if they are unhappy down here, there will be very few. They sell 6 or 7 new homes down here every day, 365 days a year and this is where you will find all of the new amenities, lots of nature and peace and quiet not available north of 44. I have nothing bad to say about north of 44 villages but have a lot of good to say about the south. Only people like (mitchtofla) that cannot live hear continue to criticize the southern villages.

Pretty much all of the Villages are fine for walking as long as you don't venture out onto the main roads or golf cart paths.

On the historic side, where I live, there really are no main roads but I see people walking along, Morse, Avenida Central, Del Mar, Rio Grande and other main roads and I just think that eventually someone is going to get killed.

Down south there are main roads like Stillwater Trail, O'Dell Circle, Canal St, Bonita, Pinellas Place and Hillsborough that you want avoid.

Stay in the neighborhoods and you'll be fine.

If you're looking for scenery and atmosphere take a golf cart ride to one of the many parks and walk there.

Just stay off of the main roads.