[karostay]

Being retired I consider my home the center of everything

[Bill-n-Brillo]

People usually consider me to be a bit 'off-center'.........

Bill

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

People usually consider me to be a bit 'off-center'.........

Bill

Me too! Don't ya just find that a bummer when you're the rotating drum in a washing machine's spin cycle?

[swimdawg]

Originally Posted by karostay

Being retired I consider my home the center of everything

The pressure was on....and there were so many clever posts....but I like the simplicity of this post.....and I believe this came from the heart.

You, karostay, win the coveted? Swimdawg Post of the Day Award!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

For all you wannabes. You should check out the location of any lots/homes you are thinking of buying. It is way to late after the fact to be so disapointed that you are so far from a town square. Duh!

Just a tiny comment on Bogie's post. You may find out that it really isn't that important to be close to a Town Center.

I thought when we bought our first home that being close to a Town Center was crucial, that we'd hang there every single night. Five years later, unless we have company, we rarely go to a Town Center. I think being close to shopping and restaurants is waaaaaaay more important. And just about everyone is close to shopping and restaurants, thanks to the preplanning of our brilliant Developer.

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

I did a little checking, using Google Earth measurements, to try and find more accurately where the center of The Villages is. The points given so far didn't sound right to me. What I found is that it's impossible to guess the exact center of The Villages unless it's done mathematically by engineers, and that's because the longitude & latitude distances from north to south and east to west are all variable depending on at what point they're taken.

The best I could figure out is that north to south, the center would range from Lake Sumter Landing to a point in Virginia Trace at about Canal St and Haynesville Lane. That's almost 5K from the north and another 5K from the south. The variable is because the Villages bottom longitude is angled from east to west. (Forget the east to west center point because of the extensive longitude variations) You can see the variations heading from Brownwood eastward to the eastern end of Rt. 44 in the Sumter master plan of the Villages. http://www.sumtercountyfl.gov/Docume....aspx?DID=3350 (PDF Document)

If you find my figures are off, my name is Jose Schwartz and I live in Alaska!

Huh?

I think I now have a headache and need to go to bed.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think that it means we have time on our hands. I think we all agree that The Villages is the center of the universe, previously that was in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Now that I think of it, the center of the Universe is now in Athens, Ohio where both of our grandchildren go to school.

But back to your question P, I have heard so many posts over the years about the center of TV and most came from people who just moved into their new village and believed that they were centrally located.

I think that if we wanted to know, we could take out our Villages map and fold it twice and look for where the two folds intersect.

Gracie.

P.S. Where in the world is Carmen Santiago? Is she in the Village of Santiago?

Gracie,
I knew you were smarter than the average Sage! You solved two great puzzles with one great post.

And... um, Carmen. Now you've got nowhere to hide!

[Joaniesmom]

Originally Posted by Pturner

I give up. Could someone please 'splain to me the significance of "the exact center" of TV. Why are so many looking for it and why do so many think they've found it?

Is there a hidden treasure buried there? The fountain of youth? An immunity idol?

Jeez! Just what I was thinking! The topic barely deserves a comment, much less forcing someone to apologize.

I'm moving to TV to get away from this useless arguing, so let's all calm down, shall we?

[CSilvestrucci]

If you only measure up Buena Vista are you including the historic sections because that ends up on 42?