[Talk Host]

I first heard about the Villages..................

[kfierle]

. . . from my sister. I asked her where it was located. She said "The Villages". I asked what city it was in and she replied "The Villages". It took me a while to understand but I finally got it and purchased my own house in The Villages about 2 years later!

[nONIE]

an accidental drive by sighting and a very curious nature, took a little detour into The Villages and the rest was history!

[twynsmom]

From Friends. They moved down here, called us and said we HAD to come visit with them, we wouldn't believe our eyes. We took them up on their offer and the rest is history.

[Russ_Boston]

Internet research - Took a ride (about 6 years ago) while down on a Disney vacation.

Then found TOTV and met with some other TOTVers and we'll be perm residents within a year or so.

[Pturner]

Once upon a time, nay make that 100s of times, we saw a hokey television ad.

Over and over ad nauseam did we see said ad, until our brains were saturated. Then, as luck would have it, hubby chanced to have a conference one Spring in Orlando. Being golfers, we decided to venture 45 minutes north and check out these "Villages of the Hokey Ad". It only took one night. (A dark and stormy night it wasn't!) We loved it!

An LSV and a few more trips later, we bought a home. We can hardly wait to retire there and live happily ever after.

The Beginning.

[sandybill2]

from our neighbor in Richmond, Va. He had been down each winter for a week or two. He is still in Virginia---we have been permanent residence since Oct. 07.

[Halle]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

I first heard about the Villages..................

from a friend whose parents had moved to The Villages from Ohio,she stated the all too familiar phrase, "You won't believe this place it is great".

We visited on a LSP a few years later with my parents hoping they would move there. They loved The Villages but not willing to move. We bought a house and plan to be full time residents in a few years when we retire.

[elevatorman]

There was acctually a Broadway musical that was the history of TV. The producers could not get the rights to the name "The Villages" so the musical was called "Camalot".

[Chi-Town]

Visiting friends in Clermont in February, 2004. LSP's in 2008 and 2009. Full time now.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by elevatorman

There was acctually a Broadway musical that was the history of TV. The producers could not get the rights to the name "The Villages" so the musical was called "Camalot".

[annie2]

We first heard of TV while watching The Masters. We sent away for their package and went to visit on our next Florida trip. Thought we could make a day trip of it (from Clearwater). Ended up staying the night (they put us up in a "Cottage"). Only had time to look at a few more houses the next day (barely touched the surface) so 3 months later we booked a 6 night LSP and bought 3 months later

Friends who had come down on an LSV...They're still up north and very jealous..

[dillywho]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

I first heard about the Villages..................

Hubby saw it one day in 2002 while watching golf. We came for a LSV, loved it, decided we would move, finally making it in 2004 (he wanted to retire for a second time first). We have never regretted doing it a day. We have family close (but not too close..haha) and that is another plus considering that we are into the throes of our second childhood. We at least see them a couple of months out of the year now instead of every couple or so years, too. Oops, one almost regret....we should have gone ahead and moved in 2002.

[barb1191]

Former husband whom I hadn't seen or heard from for 25 years called me in MA to tell me that he had sold his business in MA and retired to The Villages in FL.

Asked me if I would come visit him with no strings attached. He mentioned that The Villages is the place to retire. Since he was much older than me, I wasn't ready to retire and not sure if I wanted to renew a friendship with someone I couldn't live with many years ago.

I decided to make the trip and was so very impressed with The Villages and unfortunately not impressed with former hub. Stayed a week and we both knew that our paths had grown way apart. I left after a week with a sulking exhusband left to sulk and never to be heard from again.

About three years later I was visiting friends in Sarasota and decided to take a ride to show them The Villages. At that visit, I bought a place in TV there and then (which was eight years ago) and did not contact exhub re my new residence in TV.

By this time exhub was very ill and passed shortly after my moving here. I chose to not befriend him upon moving here however I did take him to a dr's visit in Leesburg and found him to be extremely fragile and weak as well as suffering with dimentia.

I do appreciate learning about TV from him and love the lifestyle as a snowbird. Best of all...I met my "Mr Wonderful" here in TV and they lived happily ever after.