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Finally bought here in TV! Forysth Villas! I'm also told there are more dogs than people in TV
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Congrats! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

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I know where that Village is and love it up that way. Congratulations. Excellent choice.
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Finally bought here in TV! Forysth Villas! I'm also told there are more dogs than people in TV
Excellent choice! You now own in the most beautiful part of the Villages, more amenities, mature landscaping, no bonds, less traffic!
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Excellent choice! You now own in the most beautiful part of the Villages, more amenities, mature landscaping, no bonds, less traffic!
It is beautiful like the rest of the Villages. People complain that they have less amenities. Landscaping approx. 15 years old. Less traffic part is true. Bond.....http://www.districtgov.org/departmen...h%20Villas.pdf
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It is beautiful like the rest of the Villages. People complain that they have less amenities. Landscaping approx. 15 years old. Less traffic part is true. Bond.....http://www.districtgov.org/departmen...h%20Villas.pdf
There you going again, bringing rain to a sunny day with those darn facts, you should be ashamed of yourself!!
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It is beautiful like the rest of the Villages. People complain that they have less amenities. Landscaping approx. 15 years old. Less traffic part is true. Bond.....http://www.districtgov.org/departmen...h%20Villas.pdf
Take a drive down Buena Vista from Nancy Lopez to 44. You will see a huge difference, huge oak trees lining the boulevard and mature greenery giving way to a more barren look as you head further south.

Less amenities? Sorry but facts are facts.

North of 466:

Executive golf courses = 13
Championship Golf courses = 5
Sport pools = 3
Dog Parks = 2

South of 466 to 466A
Executive golf courses = 16
Championship golf courses = 4
Sport Pools = 4
Dog Parks = 1

There are actually less homes North of 466 than in the section South of 466 to 466A, the most populous area of TV currently.

Amenities that exist North of 466 that are not anywhere else south?

Polo Fields
Savannah Center
The Sharon Center
Katie Belles
2 bowling alleys
Villages Woodshop
The best full court tennis facilities: Glenview, Lopez, Hacienda

There are adult pools, family pools, and rec centers all over TV, every village has these.

Bonds? Highest percentage of zero or low CDD bonds is North of 466. Bond on my Designer in Woodbury was originally less than $10k, now they are $30k in Fenney.

And yes, north of 466 villages have way less traffic, you don't hear us "Northerners" complaining about traffic on TOTV.

PS Lyle Gant MLS stats for sales in 2017, average Designer cost $50,000 less North of 466, that cost difference plus zero or low CDD bond owed equals a whole lot of remodeling and furniture.

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Take a drive down Buena Vista from Nancy Lopez to 44. You will see a huge difference, huge oak trees lining the boulevard and mature greenery giving way to a more barren look as you head further south.

Less amenities? Sorry but facts are facts.

North of 466:

Executive golf courses = 13
Championship Golf courses = 5
Sport pools = 3
Dog Parks = 2

South of 466 to 466A
Executive golf courses = 16
Championship golf courses = 4
Sport Pools = 4
Dog Parks = 1

There are actually less homes North of 466 than in the section South of 466 to 466A, the most populous area of TV currently.

Amenities that exist North of 466 that are not anywhere else south?

Polo Fields
Savannah Center
The Sharon Center
Katie Belles
2 bowling alleys
Villages Woodshop
The best full court tennis facilities: Glenview, Lopez, Hacienda

There are adult pools, family pools, and rec centers all over TV, every village has these.

Bonds? Highest percentage of zero or low CDD bonds is North of 466. Bond on my Designer in Woodbury was originally less than $10k, now they are $30k in Fenney.

And yes, north of 466 villages have way less traffic, you don't here us "Northerners" complaining about traffic on toTV.
Thanks for all the facts about north of of 466. I was talking "Forsyth Villas" and the far north. It was the "new" area being pushed by the Villages when we came to buy.

We did buy in District 2 and have lived north of 466 full time since 2004. I was posting about District 4 not the entire area north of 466. I don't think I said anything bad about it and hope I didn't upset anyone. ( This is the new me! How do you like it so far?)
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Thanks for all the facts about north of of 466. I was talking "Forsyth Villas" and the far north. It was the "new" area being pushed by the Villages when we came to buy.

We did buy in District 2 and have lived north of 466 full time since 2004. I was posting about District 4 not the entire area north of 466. I don't think I said anything bad about it and hope I didn't upset anyone. ( This is the new me! How do you like it so far?)
You are fine, District 4 has no shortage of amenities and in my opinion, has the best golf courses in TV. (all 4 executive courses are rated 3 or 4) and the greens keepers up here are the best in TV.
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Finally bought here in TV! Forysth Villas! I'm also told there are more dogs than people in TV
Welcome to TV.

Don't be shocked. People that own dogs love them (and have multiple dogs, we have 2) and people that don't own them, whine and complain incessantly about them. Dog lovers outnumber the dog whiners.
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You are fine, District 4 has no shortage of amenities and in my opinion, has the best golf courses in TV. (all 4 executive courses are rated 3 or 4) and the greens keepers up here are the best in TV.
Have you read this one? I like post #12 the best.

466 North amenities
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Thanks for all the facts about north of of 466. I was talking "Forsyth Villas" and the far north. It was the "new" area being pushed by the Villages when we came to buy.

We did buy in District 2 and have lived north of 466 full time since 2004. I was posting about District 4 not the entire area north of 466. I don't think I said anything bad about it and hope I didn't upset anyone. ( This is the new me! How do you like it so far?)
I understood you a little more clearly the old way. Sunshine and rainbows just don't fit everyone.

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Have you read this one? I like post #12 the best.

466 North amenities
Yes I remember that thread as it had so many inaccurate statements like this one.

The latest POA flier used Gary Morse's formula on house to amenities ratio. Using his metric they determined that 19 more neighborhood pools and 4 village centers would be needed for it to be at the same level as the South.

4 more village centers?? There is only 1 town center between 466 and 466A, same as north of 466. Spanish Springs and Lake Sumter are both easily accessible from the North and more than enough. 19 more neighborhood pools? Sure, put one in my back yard while you are at it. There are more neighborhood pools between 466 and 466A but definitely not 19 and that area has a much larger population. I have a sport pool, adult pool, and family pool within a few minutes of my home and never experience any overcrowding.
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