Looked very hard and couldn't find anyplace better....

The major thing that "sold" me on the villages is the number and variety of things to do. While I love to golf, it is not the ONLY interest I have. The Villages offers me the chance to satisfy a variety of interests and meet others who have the same ones. The nice people and positive atmosphere are a wonderful plus!

Basically, it chose us instead of us choosing it.

The first quick pass through visit caught our attention.

The second vist (6-day life style visit) about 6 months later showed us that we would not likely find a more suitable place to live upon retirement.

The third visit (another 6-day life style visit) still 6 months later grabbed us and we bought on that trip.

The life style, golf, climate, golf, great amenities, golf, friendly people, golf, the house we found that had the perfect setting and location and, of course, the golf all sold us on TV. We kept noticing that we never saw anyone that looked like they were not happy.

Now, we are just trying to get to the time when we can actually move to our dream retirement community and home - hopefully in mid-2010. Until then, we will still be visiting for a week about every 6 months.

Great investment
 

We visited The Villages for five days in a row and loved every minute of it. We bought on the fifth day in the historic (the best) section in the Villages.
We love the lifestyle. Especially when there is a polka band in the square.
Also all the golf courses.
I tell people that we live in two Paradises Summer in Maine and winter in the Villages and it don't get better than that.

My wife and I visited TV two years ago, after a friend that lost her house in Ocean Springs MS during the hurricane moved to TV. I NEVER thought that my wife would leave our condo in Marco Island, after it had been the family for over twenty years, but she (and I) fell immediately in love with TV. We visited again last year and will continue to until we can buy there.

EVERYTHING is what TV has to offer us!

Do you know anyone who doesn't want to move to TV that would like a condo on the beach on Marco Island instead? That's all that is keeping us from being there already.

Here are my reasons for wanting to buy in TV.

1 Clubs and Activities -Where else can you find over 1,000 clubs? I want to be active in my retirement. Clubs are a great way to meet people and instantly have at least one item in common with them.

2 Golf cart paths - My wife was impressed by the ability to go anywhere in a golf cart.

3 Central Florida location - Over 25 years ago I decided to retire to the Orlando area. I have two friends and a sister near Orlando and it also has many of the activities that I like. While TV is not as close as I would like, it is still a day trip away and has more activities and golf carts paths than anything closer to Orlando.

4 TOTV - It's not just the nice people I met on TOTV, it's the information I found on the pros and cons of living in TV. No other community I looked at had this much information readily available. It made choosing TV a much easier decision.

Because I cannot get it out of my mine. It is calling me. My Husband deserves a little bit of Heaven. Did I say I cannot get it out of my mind?
Because It is beautiful, full of color,music , and Happy People. AND I cannot get it out of my mind.!!!!!!!

1. Lifestyle
2. Climate
3. Lifestyle
4. Lifestyle

We have been here only 8 days. So far I've had 3 line dancing lessons, my first golf lesson, tennis scheduled for tomorrow and a beginner clinic for pickleball and another golf lesson scheduled for next week! We have met TOTVers and danced on the square, been to the Italian Fest, eaten too many good meals and haven't even begun to scout out card games etc.

We bought a golf cart our 2nd day here and love just tooling around the different areas. This place is terrific and the people are so very friendly....it has been even better than I had imagined! :a040:

We wanted to live an active life and boy have we ever found it!!

Karen

I am so GLAD to hear it. I hope you have time for some coffee with your neighbors!

I want to live in TV because of the lifestyle and the sunshine. And, I want to live where the old people are young!