The Outerbanks has always been on our short list. But taxes, NC leadership and healthcare (or lack thereof) are concerns.

In Florida: Anna Maria Island (if we could afford it...). St George Island also looks tempting.

We will be checking out: Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach and also the location being built near Panama City. I've been told Top of the World is nice. From everything I've been able to gather, you get a lot of bang for your buck with The Villages which is why it is a top choice.

Coconut creek

Stayed in Wyoming/Montana. Winter a couple months in Arizona

Pollynomial
 

Tellico Village-Loudon,TN
(Knoxville, TN)

If there were no Villages
 

I would have stayed put. On an Island where wild horses roam, the Gulf Stream bringing in the catch of the day and a private field in our the back yard from which to fly my plane. The Outer Banks of North Carolina.
I like THE VILLAGES BETTER!

I would have stayed in Dunedin<FL where I lived for 41 years

Costa Rica - have friends there, great medical care, amazing beaches, about 1/3 the cost of living here. Still might go...

Would have and may go to On Top of the World.

Before we heard of TV, we checked out several areas in central FL, Ocala, Mount Dora, Clermont, Eustis. We visited On Top of the World and they wouldn't even let us LOOK at the community or homes as we were not yet 55. If I am ever able to leave TV, I would probably move closer to a military base with commissary, PX/NEX, etc. maybe Jacksonville area. I'll never leave Florida. VA benefits are too good.

Top of the World, Ocala

Margaritaville, Florida

West coast of Florida Beach area.

Probably, Sun city in Tampa or Sun City Hilton Head or on top of the world or Citrus Hills.

Nowhere.
 

I never thought about moving until I saw the Villages. I hated the thought of moving to Florida until I saw this place.

Punta Gorda, FL

We are building a new home in Citrus Hills. I see a lot of Villagers looking there

We’re too old to worry about hurricanes, so we’d head for another retirement community in Central Florida. Plus no coastal living for us. We stopped beach going 15 years ago - love to swim in a big, beautiful swimming pool!

We checked out retiring in North and South Carolina, and other retirement communities in Florida - it was no contest. The Villages won out big time. We love living here in our courtyard villa with our two doxies❗️🥰 And we don’t even play golf.

Would still be in Michigan.

Never heard of it before your mentioning it. Do you regret your not choosing Citrus Hills? What do you like about it.
Christie

Love Hilton Head. Still might go. Looking to leave.

Same here; visited there numerous times.

Lake Sinclair, Ga, or Lake Martin, Ala

We were very very close to moving to The Lakes of Mount Dora. Love quaint Mount Dora which is arty farty.
Glad we are not that far from it!

Venice FL. My parents wintered there and I looked at real estate there for 25 years before we happily discovered The Villages.

Kansas City

Heaven

Where Would You Live
 

Probably someplace on the ocean side of south Florida.

Either Margaritaville or the island of Curacao.

We had a laundry list of retirement places starting around North Carolina and heading South. After a couple of trips to TV we bought as nothing else compares. If you can afford it rent before you buy elsewhere as the grass is always greener.

Why?

Myrtle Beach

Wife and I spent a winter at Cocoa beach. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Sea is cold though!

Did not look a lot before moving here last year, but if rec center activities and entertainment dont open up soon, will definitely be looking.

Since retiring early and no hurry to sell my current home or make a permanent move to an active adult co9mmunity I have taken some time to rent or stay with friends in a few active adult communities I have been considering including Margaritaville, Citrus Hills and On Top of The World. In all the communities I have been considering I have spent a minimum of 6 months in each. I left The Villages (TV) as the final option since it’s the largest and I figured it will take the longest time to get an accurate feeling of the community, so I have a year lease.
Although I have only been in TV for a couple of months, I am not overly optimistic at this point if TV will be my final choice, reasons I will save for another discussion.

If there was no TV, from the three communities I have been to so far, neither of them I would consider as a permanent place to call home, I would just stay where I am today and travel whenever I wanted.

Ohiobuckeye
 

I would of stayed where I was at!

Rainbow Springs

Hollywood Beach, Florida

I moved here almost a year and I am less sure now than ever. I may have stayed in the Midwest not far from st louis. I went to lake miona pool the other day and the walkers were nasty asking the staff to call the police be abuse someone was swimming in their area??? They proceeded to throw water on his clothes on the deck. No it was not mine but I had trouble understanding this behavior and did not see it here before anywhere. It makes me sad.

I hope you find a friendly area, there used to be one here I've heard

There is a brand new Villages like community in southern Spain called Ambera which looks amazing. I would go there for sure. It’s like the beginning of TV and well it’s SPAIN!