This thread is why people should rent for a month or two and spend lots of time exploring, talking to others and listening to the noise before buying.

Noise from lawn mowers is very brief. These guys are in and out of here in 15 minutes. Times that by a few homes that are close by. Turnpike noise is constant.

I'm in DeLuna and you can hear the turnpike if you're trying to focus on listening for it I guess. If you live near Morse blvd or Buena Vista you'll here cars and golf carts all day/evening too if you listen for them too.

I'm in DeLuna too and hear nothing unless I'm trying to listen for it. There's just some people on here trying to create a narrative that it's loud for some apparent reason. It seems like the only people that care about the turnpike "noise" in DeLuna live in other parts of the Villages.

It's the same dozen or so posters who "Ground Hog Day" most every thread to death.

Adding them to your ignore list improves the experience here.

OMG… what?!?! You can choose to ignore certain people?!?!?!? :bigbow::mademyday:

So right, for all the areas in the south. And it seems to mostly be the same folks over and over. It almost seems like they spend their day watching for opportunities to comment on an area that they do not live in, as if this areas existence is somehow a threat to them. I often wonder what their agenda is that they want to devote so much time and energy to disparaging all the neighborhoods in the south. They say they are happy living up north. Okay, so be happy then, and let us be happy with where we live too.

On the list of things that surprised me during my month long stay, landscaping noise was near the top of the list.

Or I should say lack of landscaping noise. I was in a neighborhood of villas and the noise was basically non-existant. I actually timed how long it took them to mow the lawn for the house I was in and it was less than 45 seconds for the back and maybe 30 seconds for the front. Then they were gone. The whole neighborhood or at least everything I could hear was done in less than 90 minutes. Once a week.

Another benefit of small lots.

You know this how, from Mallory Square?

Mr. Chip that is the truth and has been going on since the first home was built south of 44. Don't let it get you down it's always the same members, they all belong to the same "South of 44 Bashers" club, they're sort of like the old ladies that drive around looking for front yard violations.

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I frequent Mulberry and the Lady Lake area. The noise is much worse in some areas up there.

So right. I believe that they do consider it a threat. Houses are selling in the south as fast as they are built. The "new formular" as I call it has a better look than the traditional look north of 44. People coming to TV for the first time can easily see the difference. It is why we moved.

I guess if I lived in the north and was concerned about my property value, I might find every opportunity to toss the dirt in the hopes that it may land somewhere.

Excellent point. There has to be something to it, and this makes sense. We just came from our neighborhood pool. We talked to a number of people, and every single one of them love it here in the Village of Hawkins, in the south, with the turnpike nearby, everything about it. I asked if they had any complaints. Everyone agreed they had absolutely no complaints, no regrets, and can’t imagine why anyone would.

I personally can not hear the turnpike from Mallory Square. We are far, far, far away from the Turnpike. I have, however, read many a comment from folks who do live in close proximity to the turnpike and they have commented on the constant hum they can hear from their homes in the south. I have never lived in close proximity to a major roadway and there is a reason for that.

I don't see what you see. I have driven to the southern area a few times and I still look for the lovely water falls and gardens on the corners of the main roads that we have north of 44. South of 44, I have not found one corner adorned with those beautiful water falls. I also do not see the abundance of flower plantings as there are north of 44. I noticed this the first time more than a year ago and was hoping the area would be "prettied up" more like what we have north of 44. Hubby and I took a drive down there two weeks ago and it still looks very sterile to me. Still no fountains on the corners and the planting of flowers are very minimal.

Just my observations. I don't mean to bash at all.