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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1637451)

Here ya go Chi, maybe you can see this on Tapatalk?

As Jazuela so accurately stated earlier (and even with the current 102 voters) the percentages haven't changed much...from the beginning of the poll.

Thanks for the .jpg. I can see it now. Fun poll.

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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 1637455)

Thanks for the .jpg. I can see it now. Fun poll.

No problem...glad to help. :ho:

It IS an interesting/fun poll, in that there has been a bit of a slight surge of late...by those claiming 3 or more houses.

Alternate user accounts, voting more than once, to try and prove the now busted myth...that the 'average' Villager owns 3 homes?

Especially since I'm the one that started it...and I have so many fans? :D

We'll never really know of course...I just personally find it interesting. :popcorn:

Not that it makes much difference overall though, because out of the current 105 voters...60% say only one house and about 24% claim two houses.

Well below the 3 house average.

The way my realtor worded it was the average Villager WOULD (note future tense here) move three times in the Villages. Assuming dead people aren’t voting, and not a huge amount of people voting that already left the Villages and will never return, most of these votes are only of those that think they will never move or move again.

Between family members and myself, we’ve bought a few houses in the Villages. One from someone moving away from the Villages, so they would be in the one house camp. They moved here, it wasn’t for them, and they sold two years later. One elderly lady died in her original house after having a long, active life here in the Villages.

But the rest were people who now happily reside elsewhere in the Villages. In one case they divorced and are both living elsewhere in the Villages. In one case they bought too small, and moved to a bigger house. In another they found their house too big after their spouse died, so they moved to a smaller house. In our present neighborhood about 1/3 of the residents have moved within the neighborhood once. I’m sure some of these people thought they were one and done at one time.

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Originally Posted by charmed59 (Post 1637481)

There will always be anecdotal stories.

Having personally only dealt with a Villages (so-called) 'realtor' for a short period and eventually buying a FSBO, I usually looked with a jaundiced eye...at a lot of the claims (like the 3 houses average) she made.

But hey, maybe that's just me and my unending thirst & quest...to learn actual facts and the truth.

I've never been very good at just believing things said...on face value. :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Jazuela (Post 1637221)

83 now, and the percentages have shifted only slightly, and the top two answers are still the top two answers, by the same margin as when there were only 49 responses. The top response is down only by 4 points and second place is up by just under 4 points.

And all polls on this site are of the utmost accuracy!

Currently I own 3 and 2 are for rent #5302 and #4724

Can't remember how many times, 6 0r 7 times. Moved out of the villages then moved back in. Looked again but decided to stay for a while and will down size again.

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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1637483)

And all polls on this site are of the utmost accuracy!

And then there will be those who eschew anything with even a tangential association with actual science or facts...if it conflicts with their own agenda or 'gut feelings.' :shrug:

'Flat-earthers' and 'holocaust deniers' being but just a couple...of a plethora of examples. :ohdear:

Currently 111 voters and %'s are staying pretty consistent...with about 17% claiming 3 or more houses.

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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1637753)

Sometimes we hear things and remember them differently. It is indeed possible that your agent said "People have three homes on average here in The Villages" and it is possible he/she said "It is not uncommon for people to move two or three times in The Villages".

One fact that is reliable is that our memory is not as great as we age.

My parents are the one and done, close to ninety. In their mind, However thats not how it’s going to work. They either will need inhome care ( not enough room) or move to a different house, or assisted living. So either way they are 2 homes here. My home is not wheelchair friendly, bath or kitchen, or doorway.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1637825)

Nope, that's not what she said at all.

122 total votes now, no significant change in percentages, so the "average of 3 houses" myth...continues to stay busted. :ho:

Maybe it's just me, but it sure seems like we've had quite a few new members (and a couple who show registered for years) showing up in other threads...who are making either their 1st or less than 5th post.

I can't help but wonder...if they've voted here? :D

We moved into our fifth house in October. DeSoto next to a beautiful park.