The incredible LIGHT and the talented art teachers.:eclipsee_gold_cup:

The #1 thing to us..........EVERYBODY is in TV for the same reason: To have fun and enjoy their lives!

Bill :)

There are many things... Beauty, warmth, good people, golf, Pickleball, and on and on.

But the one really cool unique thing about the Villages for me is Golf cart living.:gc:

The :eclipsee_gold_cup: thing that we love about TV is the fact that it is a dog friendly community. We bought in TV because the Developer allows two pets per household, with no size restrictions. :doggie::doggie: We were even allowed to bring our dogs on our Lifestyle Preview.

Please don't throw rotten tomatoes and make this into a dog thread. I just had to mention it because it's the reason we bought in TV rather than by the ocean.

You beat me to it, I am almost never in my car when in TV. In addition, I cannot think of another community where you hop in your cart to take a ride around the "hood" on a warm evening and come back 90 plus minutes later and never see the same place twice....

That it has exceeded my expectations, the beauty all around, the friendly people, golf, the cost of living here, the fact you can actually find people who are willing to work - show up on time - usually do the work for a fair price, access to shopping by car or cart, pride of ownership most people show, and the fact it's in Florida!!!

Illinois - doesn't get close to what you know about cold - not to worry.

Number one is golf cart living. After 30 years in the military living all over the USA and many parts of the world, this community is like nothing else we've experienced. I can get in my cart and drive 10 minutes or less to free entertainment, free golf, shopping, inexpensive eats, etc. And I can pull over on the golf cart trails and just sit back and watch the gators, sandhill cranes or a sunset without someone honking at me to keep moving. We've been here full time for almost 3 years and still feel like tourists on vacation.

My neighbors...

Every morning I have a little ritual. At the crack of dawn, I walk out onto our driveway to pick up the newspaper. Then, I look to my left and to the right, and I thank my lucky stars that I am here in The Villages. I live on a wonderful street and can't imagine living anywhere else. That is my moment of solitude before I begin my day. I am Blessed.

Many reasons to love TV.

#1. I have to say that I purchased the house with my father, with the intent to have Dad live here and eventually pass on (many years down the road)... however just 5 months into Dads life in TV he developed lung cancer and less than 2 years later passed away... I have never met a nicer bunch of strangers/friends that came to his aid in TV, taking him (a virtual unknown to anyone... although everyone was a newbie in our village) to his multiple medical appts., checking in on him and keeping me up to date on his condition while I was up here in Ma. I would have never found such caring, unselfish people here in Ma.

#2. Safety.. I am able to walk all over TV with a sense of security.

3#. In TV you have so many people from different areas of the country, coming from different life styles and socio-economic backgrounds who interact beautifuly with each other, all enjoying what TV has to offer.

I could go on and on.... can't wait till I am able to enjoy TV full time!

The special feeling you get when you enter the "bubble" and realize that this is the best place to enjoy your retirement in a lifestyle that is amazing.

What Gracie said, plus our neighbors. We rented in our neighborhood, and after only one week in the rental, we knew this was the place for us. The neighbors took us in, both golfing wise and socially. Now we will be frogs in less than two weeks. No more snowy winters for us!

i can run at 3am and feel safe, except for the gator in the pond i run by, the bird that drive bombs me everytime i pass his corner, and the black bear that may or may not be rambling around;)

The thing I love best about the Villages is that I am on vacation everyday in nice weather with all my friends and neighbors.