[swrinfla]

. . . from my brother, who lives nearby on an airpark (his hangar is bigger than his house - and, no, he's not John Travolta nor at his airpark).

I came down for a Thanksgiving visit in 2002 and was awestruck by what was here. While I researched other places in 2004, when I finally decided to get out of "Dodge," there was really never any question as to where I'd end up!

SWR

[salpal]

A cousin and his wife moved to TV. During their visits home, TV was all they talked about and frankly, I thought it was too good to be true. After hearing so much about it, we decided to check it out with a lifestyle visit. We drank the Kool Aid and purchased a villa the week we returned from TV. We looked at several types of homes and in a very short time, we knew the villa was for us.

LOL The first thing I said when we checked into a villa for our lifestyle visit was: "I could never live in a house like this, it is like being in a cave."
I changed my mind very quickly.

[Linwood]

Came to visit grade-high school friends of my wife's, there are two couples she has know since the 6th grade -
I liked the place, lots to do, third Christmas we visited, at shortly after five pm on New Years eve, our agent called our friends house, a place she might like had just been released to sales, it was the floor plan (Lantana), color, set up and had a golf car garage on a pond,
Luv I exclaimed! we can't afford a second house! I did not even bring my checkbook, to which the sales agent exclaimed, We'll take Master card!
so unplanned, unbudgeted and on a dream!
Two down, two to go,
Then Hadley folks we'll be!
Whooooo!

[djplong]

"Wired" magazine article on electric vehicles had a section on the customized golf carts at TV - and also went into describing the system of golf cart paths, etc. So I clicked over to see what it was all about - just out of curiosity. The rest, as they say, is history.

[Doreen]

We were on our way to Ocala on route 27 to check out a retirement community and as we passed the Villages we decided that we would stop to check it out on our way back. We went to the Spanish Springs sales office and they were just closing for the day. So I came back to MA and got out the computer and tried to learn everything I could about the villages. We went for a LSV and decided that this is where we want to be. We bought a furnished house online and went to see it the day before closing. It was wonderful..Plan to move there full time in June.

[barb1191]

Originally Posted by djplong

"Wired" magazine article on electric vehicles had a section on the customized golf carts at TV - and also went into describing the system of golf cart paths, etc. So I clicked over to see what it was all about - just out of curiosity. The rest, as they say, is history.

Great article djplong; thanks for sharing....barb

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels...17-10/ff_ecars

[RichieLion]

on Joan Hamburg's radio program out of NYC on WOR in '06, I think, that she broadcast from The Villages at Nancy Lopez. She described the place expansively and I was intrigued and since my wife and I were planning a trip to Disney with relatives I booked a side trip to The Villages for a few days and that's all it took for us to fall in love with the place.

[k2at]

from a friend who already lives here.

[BeeGee]

commercial on TV first, then we started to do research on other communities 'cause TV really couldn't be THAT wonderful, right? Well...planned a trip, told my brother in KY...they came down w/us...now they're planning on moving here sooner than we can (they're already retired) - that'll teach me to not tell him everything I do!!! But, really, when we're both here, then it will truly be paradise -

[Mikeod]

Saw the LPGA tournament they held at Tierra del Sol way back when. When my son and his family moved to Sarasota in '05, we came out from CA to visit them and decided to take a look at TV. Annnnnnd, here we are!

[chuckinca]

From Lillian (my mother) - who lived in TV for 18 years.


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[Jerseyboy2]

My wife found TV while doing research on retirement communities. We came down with friends to check out a couple of communities in March of 2008 including TV.

Came back with our friends in August 2009 for a LSP and purchased a home.

Hope to be moving to TV permanently by 2010 or 2011. Can't wait

[Pturner]

bump.
I have so enjoyed this thread and hoping to hear a few more stories about how peeps found TV before the thread fades away. Do tell!

[Army Guy]

my wife, who while watching FOX News saw Steve Doocy during the Prez Camp. there and we sent for the packet. The rest as they say, "is history"!

Army Guy

[bluedog103]

On a Caribbean cruise we met a couple who kept bragging about this place they lived called The Villages. Boy, were they annoying. Yap, yap, yap.
Some months later my wife and I were vacationing in Florida and she wanted to visit this place our cruise acquaintences kept talking about. I had no interest in wasting a day of my vacation driving to some place far from the ocean.
My wife, after constant nagging, won the battle. We drove to TV, after getting bad lost along the way. By the time we finally arrived in Spanish Springs, I was in no mood to visit anywhere. I just wanted to turn around and get out of there. Someone convinced us to take the trolley tour. After riding around and cooling down I started to like the place. We stayed around, had dinner and visited the square.
Here we are, 2 Lifestyle visits later, about to close on our new home in St. Charles. Who would have thought?