[Bodrum]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

Property, where I could have horses again and a place to ride.

The Villages has stables and a polo field

[Larryandlinda]

On our 4-5 visits a year , usually a week long , to our tv home we hardly touch the car or cart and because xwalking is painful for our knees and my defective ankle, so we bike everywhere - TV is one of the most bikeable places on earth- we can use the MM paths or the roads where off street parking is a further bonus.
We’re still on analog bikes but might consider e-bikes if that time comes.

[Larryandlinda]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

There would be more to the decision, things like access to a city, an airport, cultural activities, and restaurants, but to me it would be an issue of making use of the space.

I've lived in homes that didn't cost close to $1M that were large enough we didn't use several of the rooms. I still paid for heating/AC and maintenance for those rooms but they didn't add have any value for me.

I've lived in a house where I had an incredible view across a valley to the snow-capped mountains beyond. The view cost nothing to maintain but I enjoyed it every day.

As long as it didn't require a lot of grass cutting, I would get more enjoyment from the property than I would from rooms that I never used.

The airport proximity is a must for us.we deplore opulent homes with opulent lawns
We don’t play golf or croquet so what’s with the lawn thing?and why do people enslave themselves to their lawn?we chose our larger tv home with the smallest front lawn we could find - and a backyard large enough for our solar and wind powered clothes dryer - a long rope.
We’re looking into alternatives to
Lawns - they are botanically a desert.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DA7T9wOCePs

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Larryandlinda

The airport proximity is a must for us.we deplore opulent homes with opulent lawns
We don’t play golf or croquet so what’s with the lawn thing?and why do people enslave themselves to their lawn?we chose our larger tv home with the smallest front lawn we could find - and a backyard large enough for our solar and wind powered clothes dryer - a long rope.
We’re looking into alternatives to
Lawns - they are botanically a desert.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DA7T9wOCePs

I'm also not a fan of big lawns. If this was actual grass, and not "green razor blades that feed the fire ants" I'd enjoy having a patch of lawn. But since what we have here, is what they call "invasive weeds" in Connecticut, I'd rather have a miniature field of wildflowers. I can't sit on the grass here. Walking barefoot is okay, as long as I don't stand still for more than 30 seconds (fire-ants).

[DaddyD]

Originally Posted by Ruger2506

1 million dollar piece of land. Get me out of this suburban hell!

Presumably you knew what this area was like before you moved here...so why did you move here? And more importantly, if you don't like it, why are you staying?? You're not a tree--move!

[DaddyD]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I assume that you are quite a few years away from that age. As you get closer (and if you are in good health), you will probably change your mind.

The "if you are in good health" part is key. For me it's all about quality of life--if a person is in relatively good health & have good quality of life, of course they'll want to stick around. But once one get's into their 80's and beyond, every year brings physical decrease. I've had many relatives who, in their 80's & 90's, just got "tired" of living, and were ready to go, even though they didn't have any life threatening disease. They were just "tired of being tired".

[J1ceasar]

If I had the money I would buy both.
Old adage location location he's always in the eye of the holder

[J1ceasar]

Honestly from everything I know I would rather live somewhere where you can make friends instead of somewhere where everyone is stuck up and think they live in the best place or the best street or the best village.

[Ruger2506]

Originally Posted by DaddyD

Presumably you knew what this area was like before you moved here...so why did you move here? And more importantly, if you don't like it, why are you staying?? You're not a tree--move!

I did know what it was like here prior (kinda), I just didn't know I would despise it so much. I did not know FL hates nature and they are giving the developers freedom to attack nature with such enthusiasm. I did not know FL tap water was so disgusting. I was told no HOA fee in Middleton, yeah cause they call it a Maintenace fee, but it's still a HOA fee. And then we pay stupid high taxes on top of that for county fire and school that we don't use or benefit from. Just to name a few things.........

I'm staying because I put the kids in the charter school and it's great. So I'm stuck in this suburban hell hole until they graduate. I'm going to use that time to let my Middleton Lake property appreciate. Some New Yorker and Californian will love to live there. They'll probably think it's country living. Thankfully I kept my land in MN and can go back a fair bit.