[Tuly914]

Perhaps maybe Joe was talking about a person he knows in TV that was complaining? Nowhere did he mention he was moving. Secondly, a week today everyone was sitting at their Thanksgiving table giving thanks. How can one give Thanks, then be so cruel the next week. There is no need to make fun of someone. And for the comments of the spelling, Hello, it could happen when using your cell phone keyboard. Why is it so hard to be nice but so easy to be cruel to another human being...

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by villageuser

I moved here because my parents lived here and i wanted to be close to them physically to help them out. My dad passed away and my mother is at a local nursing home so i continue to live here. I love my home but other than that, I am in complete agreement with what the initial writer posted. I dream of the day I can get out of here. The posters who say this place is not an HOA crack me up. Call it amenity fees or HOA fees it’s the same thing. You have rules and regulations everywhere. For all practical purposes, it’s an HOA. And selling your home and making money. That’s funny, too. Maybe at the present time because home prices have gone up. But the focus here is in selling new homes and not your older home. However, i am happy for the people who love it here. Good for you! You found your spot. Someday i hope to find mine, too.

Some people have difficulty with reality testing.

PS: January 1st 2010 saw 40,627 new laws on the books in the USA
40,000 Laws going into effect on one New Year’s Day, makes you wonder how many laws there are on the books in this country. Good luck avoiding the "rules", might I suggest the "Village of Anarchy"?

[barbnick]

Been here 10 years and there is no place I would rather be.

[tallmanf]

My wife and I say everyday “ We are so lucky to live here!” Please enjoy what is left of your life. If this isn’t the place for you. There are plenty of other places to go. Don’t like the traffic, try country living where everything is at least 20 miles away and so on.

[BlueStarAirlines]

I did a lot of researching before deciding on TV, so can offer one solution if unhappy here. If shopping is important...like one of the most important things...Lakewood Ranch is the place to move to. Like TV, they also have "villages" that make up LR with two of them being 55+. Right outside LR on University Drive there is a massive amount of shopping to include a mall. There is also a Total Wine store, which was pretty impressive. One exit north of LR is a Costco. As an added bonus, all "villages" are truly gated.

For me, there were several negatives. First, non golf-cart community, so everything involves driving. It's a fairly big development, so there is a lot of driving! The HOA fees were a downside and seemed to be starting at $550 a month (amount depended on the "village"). The two 55+ developments were not all that nice had had minimal clubs and activities. The LR focus really is on families.

All that being said, if all you want is shopping and gated communities it's probably your best choice.

[Bethwill]

Thanks, Mr. OBVIOUS. You might want to use your Spell Check.

[Pupiczech]

Spell check is not the problem. Grammar check has yet to be invented.

[MidWestIA]

You forgot it is VERY isolated and - this many old people driving around in golf carts makes alot of cliques - really it's like high school. Almost everyone is not working for a living so it is alot like it was in high school.

[Luggage]

Funny my hoa fee is $217 and I get free internet 300 channels on my TV etc. You must be thinking of those high price condos in Miami. Yes the villages is not for people who don't drive or know how to use a golf cart but there are about 20 Senior communities in the area and almost all of them have hundreds of clubs to join to meet new people and that's probably the number one advantage of being in a community like ours or yours or theirs

[WesMan]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Drive,or be on top of your neighbors home, very high monthly frees, don't play golf, cannot stand the heat, very far from malls, alot of traffic in season, renter, not gated communities, restrictions,. Otherwise go their. These are things that you will never here but are very impotant when you buy and home.

Leave and stop complaining!!

[Kgcetm]

I guess I really don't understand your point. Why would you be here and not know those things. The mind must have a process.

[Driver8]

We're in the sub tropics dude. What did you expect, San Diego weather?

[terenceanne]

May I suggest Portland, New York or Chicago as much better places to live - Just saying.

[MrFlorida]

If you don't like it here, then you will not like it anywhere.....some people you just can't please. Let us know where you live, and we'll help you pack.

[Joe C.]

No matter where you live, there is a plus and a minus to many aspects. Weather too hot or too cold, too much traffic or too far to the shopping centers, high taxes or not enough public services. Take your pick.....there's no perfect place to live. If I didn't want a good place for my wife to live, I'd opt for somewhere other than TV to live. But she likes it, so I won't complain.