Pesonaly I love the new area..:bigbow::bigbow:
Home Values Brownwood and North are going up
The Place to be

Would also say that we do not have feelings one way or the other about new areas. Our only negative is the inconvenience due to the distance away from everything. Our question is we keep hearing how beautiful it is, yet when we drive down it looks just like TV 3.0. Okay there are some picturesque areas when you drive into Finney but that can be said about each of the areas of TV. We just look at the neighborhoods and do not see what everyone is talking about. We hear "the walking trails" are great, come on it is just a walking trail, is that what makes it beautiful? Just questions we think about. Would like some comments from those that reside there, what makes it so much more beautiful than the rest of TV. No bashing here as we see positives an negatives of all parts of TV.

This might be off subject, however, is there a place to get gas for a golf cart in Fenney and surrounding villages?

We were driving home down 75 the other day and took a detour to see the new areas. We were driving down a lovely street and looked at the Nav map and were surprised to see we were right next to the turnpike. We turned off the radio and rolled down the windows and couldn’t hear traffic at all while sitting on the street in front of the houses there.

If you are interested in the area go hear it for yourself. You may find the berm really does dampen the noise enough.

As for the prison and quarries, they are still quite a bit away. And from the street, I think the prison has a huge barrier of empty land around any building or lights, so I’m not surprised people in Fenney aren’t bothered by it. It’s just so far away it’s not an issue.

If you wondering what makes the 2.5 mile Hogeye Marsh trail absolutely beautiful, why not just walk it and get back to us with your opinion.

Has anyone thought the drone of traffic doesn't bother folks who have a hearing deficiency? That may be a factor for some. If you can't hear the noise that is there, it would be a non issue.

I think there is a place to buy gas at the Gray Fox/Red Fox golf course, and maybe at the Loblolly/Longleaf course as well.

The walking trails are just that walking, running or biking. No golf carts. We transport our bikes down just for that purpose. It’s so nice to ride a bike, or take a run, without have to be on high alert for a driver that got distracted. Even in neighborhood roads, it can be a little hectic while riding or running. It’s a relaxing mode on the trail rather than defensive tactics. We average 10 miles a day, so being able to see the trees, water, birds, and have no worries is a positive for us.

I have a major hearing deficiency, and wear a hearing device.
Traffic and background noise is a major problem that affects me hearing speach close up, so the turnpike noise would definitely be a no no regarding a purchase in that area for me.

The noise would be much more tolerable if one was hearing it from a championship golf course.

It's already in the works and will be right along the Turnpike and I would be willing to bet that all of the homes they build around that course will be sold quickly.

Like it or not, Fenney is going to be the "center" of The Villages in about 10 years. There will be gas stations, shopping, golf courses etc. It will all be interconnected and it will be gorgeous albeit "different" than the rest of The Villages as the developer modifies his concept of what society/retirees looking for in the current and foreseeable future.

The turnpike is really loud over there today as it was yesterday too.

I thought it would be just the opposite. Thank you for that explanation. My hearing is fine at this point so I don't have personal experience such as you explained.

Yup, sadly my hearing aids are also almost painful if there is a lot of background noise. They are great for my wife and I talking in our car or living room, or watching TV, but in general I have given up using them. Easier just to train my wife to yell at me in public! :)

The worse place I have found for hearing aid wearers in TV's is without doubt, The Lighthouse Restaurant. Unreal the noise in that place!!

Who doesn't like the sound of big trucks and hotrods.

I will take the traffic noise anyway over crying kids or barking dogs. And I love kids and dogs.

My two cents worth
 

Like most things it is a matter of opinion. YOURS is the only one that matters. You can adjust your landscaping to reduce noise.
You can install double thick glass windows.

As a kid, our apartment was looking down on elevated trains.
You do get used to it. Aside, our home is block, quieter than a home with siding. We have trains about three miles away and they do blow their whistle at crossings. If, you pay attention you can hear them at night. For me, it does not bother me.
Others are disturbed by by the noise of their air conditioning.

As stated,"worth the deal," it is your opinion. Is a golf view, a drainage ditch view, a real lake view worth the deal?

My wife and I walked the trail down there this morning and as we got closer and closer to the turnpike, we told each other how glad we were not to live that close to a busy highway. The noise was too much for us. And they are building a neighborhood that is closer to the turnpike than the trail is. Maybe they'll be adding noise abatement walls. That could help a lot though the view of a big ole honkin' wall isn't anything to brag about either.

Says most of us with a CYV :1rotfl:

Funny! We lived in DC for 15 yrs before retiring this April to TV. Would visit my parents on the North Fork of Long Island and not be able to sleep- darn cicadas at nite and birds chirping at 4am. Love the sound of pickleball & woman leading the aerobic swim class at the rec center across the street - both after 7:30 am. And I do love the sound of the train going up 301 as it crosses 42 (live across the street from Mulberry Grove rec center).

Agree.....the sound of a train off in the far distance can be very comforting.

The only sound I like is the sound of silence.

Thanks for all the great responses. Many varying points of view that I wouldn't have considred. That's the great thing about TOTV, lots of varying views,opinions and backrounds. Bye for now . Ken

train train train....
 

I too like the sound of a passing train IN THE DISTANCE!!

Turnpike Noise
 

At least the turnpike noise might make you forget about the quarry blasting, and living next to a federal prison.

Can you/have you heard or seen either?

We bought a house in Taylor villas and we aren’t too concerned about the noise as we grew up on Long Island in NY and noise and traffic were factors everywhere except the beach! We were sitting on the lanai the other night and yes, you can hear the traffic a little bit but to us, it kind of sounds like ocean waves when they hit the shore. Like so many others have said here, it really is a matter of personal opinion and what you’ve been used to in the past. For us, it was not a dealbreaker and we love being so close to a beautiful dog park and soon, a shopping center!

When are you people going to give up on the quarry and prison, no one down her really cares about them, re-sales are generating huge profits for those selling to move into another new home down here and they are selling new homes as fast as they can build them. One salesman told me that this is the only place where used homes are selling for more than equal new homes. Why, because they are ready to move into. Two years ago my neighbor bought a Woodside for $470,000, put in pavers, landscaping, and an enclosed lanai and it sold the first day for $640,000 and it's not on a golf course, that gives you an idea of what is happening down here.

We're in Lynnhaven also. You're right on point.

Bears emphasis!!

Turnpike
 

Gotta agree with Don. My dad was USAAC then USAF. Grandpa worked for Union Pacific. Never missed an Air Show growing up and we went everywhere by train.

Trees do almost nothing to mitigate road noise. You would have to have about a hundred feet of dense evergreen trees to begin to see any difference. I used to be on a planning board and these issues came up occasionally when builders wanted to build near highways.

Correct. Sound is transmitted by air pressure. You need a solid, dense wall to reduce noise transmission. Using trees to block noise is like expecting your screened lanai to block out the rain.

Turnpike Noise
 

Like Goldwingnut, I too also grew up on an Air Force Base and often heard loud sporadic bursts of noise on the flight line from high performance aircraft spooling up engines or using reverse thrusters on landing. I also lived for awhile on the Ohio River with train traffic passing by several times a day on the opposite side. In both cases I got used to it. The commonality of those noises? They weren't constant!! That is not the case for those new residents of Linden and Monarch Grove whose backyards face the southbound lanes of the turnpike! Line of sight, some of the Lanais look to be less than 300 feet from the traffic!! Elsewhere in Florida, where residential areas are adjacent to high speed freeways, noise abatement walls routinely provide both visual privacy and noise suppression from traffic. If there are, in fact, no plans to erect a noise abatement wall along the areas in question, that speaks volumes about the priorities of the 3rd generation Villages Developer as he promotes "America's Friendliest Hometown".

You can hear some noise from the turnpike when the wind is blowing from that direction. Otherwise the noise is unnoticeable.

If you stop and listen, suspect you can hear traffic noise most places in the Villages.

For example, homes along 466A are exposed to much higher noise levels than those next to the Turnpike. No problem finding buyers for that area.

The brain eventually cancels the background noise out as it does if you have a grandfather clock.

Well, once a month there is a blast from the quarry. What about the folks living along active fault lines resulting in real earthquakes? Hmmm, a federal prison nearby. What does that have to do with anything? I don't see how the prison is interfering with any of our lives here in the Southern Oaks of the villages. Highway noise? What about any people living near JFK airport? Near O'hare? Near LAX? Its fairly soothing compared to jet takeoff's plus I miss the evening trains going near my home in rural New England.

what village do you live in that doesn't have the noise? We are close to 42 and, on a quiet morning, the noise is very noticeable. We also have the train by 301 which can be heard occasionally and it doesn't bother us at all. We lived in a town in CA that had trains running through it that were VERY loud. We lived there for 12 years and really never got used to the freight trains, other trains were not as annoying.