We be still in Woostah, but a FL panther is way cool! I grew up in smallville MA and there were deer, coyotes, bears, bobcats, turkeys and fisher cats in the neighborhood, so a FL panther is a new welcome pet to have in the neighborhood.

metaphorical troglodyte guy

Welcome. Just remember to stay off Storrow Dr. with that UHaul truck on your way here. Safe trip!

Also lots of great info to be had

Where in Boston? I'm originally from Revere but spent a lot of time living and working in the Brockton area.

I lived in Marblehead in the 70's
 

I grew up in Marblehead. It is nice to hear that place mentioned here. Enjoy.

we did!! we learned all we needed to know thru skip smith's you tube channel. we sold the house, threw the dogs in the back seat & never looked back. best decision we ever made.

old marblehead was one of our fave places to visit. how lucky you got to live there. and to the op:
if you're from boston, turnpike noise will not affect you, LOL. we barely hear it. :wave:

Thank you very much

Did they ever finish the big dig? That plus I 95 construction in Ct hold the world record.

27/441 is aiming to beat them apparently.

Roxbury but lived next to Brockton in Holbrook for last 20 yrs

Best of luck, we are also from the Boston area and hope to be living in the villages come Jan or Feb. visited this year and loved it.

Ignore all the whiners
 

While looking at the responses here, I am reminded of all the whining people who love to post on TOTV. Some people need to recalibrate how they look at the world, especially considering that WE LIVE IN A FANTASTIC PLACE where thousands of people move to each year.

We love it here and you will too! Welcome!

DeLuna
 

Just moved in 3 days ago, awesome. Don't hear traffic, only trains off in the distance, but lots of construction, which only lasts so long. We are close to so much here and very happy. Safe journeys!!

Welcome! I moved here in 2001 and never regretted it. My only advice is to take it a little slow. Don't join too many clubs because you could get burned out trying to do it all. I've slowed down a bit over the years, but I still love it here as much as when I first arrived. I hope for it to be my forever home. Enjoy everything a little at a time.

curb NOT your enthusiasm
 

dont let the naysayers get to you. Noise and other distractions are up to the individual. Ssu and utility bills, that's another issue

Welcome, As a former Bostonian I can only say you will love it. Road noise is road noise and if you lived anywhere near a main road, you will adjust quickly

Big Dig is "finished".

Latest boondoggle is shutting down the entire Orange line and part of the Green line subway for a full month for repairs, starting next week. An Orange line train caught fire on a bridge over the mystic river a few weeks ago. One woman even jumped into the river from the bridge. About a 100 foot drop.

With lots of people still working from home I don't think the T gets as much ridership as it used to but it's crazy to shut down an entire line for a month.

You're going to love it don't worry. You'll love things that you didn't even think about before you moved here.

It’s done but traffic is just under the city instead of above it

Thank you

Sound advice thanks

The entire T is on a Saturday schedule because ridership is down.
Can’t image the people on the Orange line having to take busses. Good luck to them their commute probably doubled.

We are also from MA and moved into DeLuna but closed virtually from MA. Good to see more folks from NE coming to the area. Everyone bitches on here about highway noise but I haven't hear anything that significant and I've walked from one end of DeLuna to the other (Water Lily bridge). Hope you have a great move and we'll see you around the neighborhood.

There are many posts/threads here on driving routes back and forth to NE. There are major routes, subject to construction, congestion and commuter traffic. There are scenic out of the way routes, and really good places to stay 1/2 way if you want to make the drive a two day drive. Only younguns go all the way through during a pandemic (22 hours sucked but never an accident)

If you can drive very early morning or late evenings you can avoid alot of commuter and active construction on the direct routes: 95 most of the way. . .

As a friend of mine with whom I have worked in the same company on and off, "after you retire / move to the Villages, you find out that waiting this long was not worth it, and that most people have more money than they thought they had."

And if you find its not for you, the location or the house, there are plenty of others being built or available for sale

I did the drive last March. I went through Hartford out to Scranton, Pa and then south 81 to 75. I wanted to avoid NY City, Baltimore + DC. I'll never drive 95 again.

The only problem is Atlanta. Not many places where you can hear Siri tell you to "Stay in the left 7 lanes". Plan for extra time to get through/around Atlanta.

Next time don’t take 75, take 77 to 26 which will put you on 95 in South Carolina a little more than an hours drive to the Georgia state line.

We come from the wonderful Berkshires of Western Mass, where we can go just about anyplace without going through a traffic light and the worst traffic we encounter is infrequently getting stuck behind a school bus. We just got home from a long weekend attending a wedding in Gloucester, MA. I can’t comprehend how the folks living in the eastern part of the state can deal with the traffic? I would be happy if I never again had to go on the Mass Pike east of Sturbridge, Rt. 495, 128, 3, 93, 95, etc….. what a cluster$uc&. The Berkshires and the eastern part of the state are like two entirely different worlds.

Think you mean 81 to 77 to 26 to 95. Do avoid a lot of traffic and tolls

the last time we went up, aprox 10months ago, the whole mess was still going on, from stamford to the waterbury mix-master. then you get to drive a few miles before you hit the mess on 84 in hartford. it's anybody's guess as to when you arrive @ your destination, i once sat in traffic over 45mins

That looks like a good option but I have a friend who lives near Chatanooga that is a stop over point for me. Other than Atlanta, 75 was an easy drive.

Makes sense to do it and we have done the same as our son lives in Atlanta but it does add a good 200 miles to the drive heading down I 75

Can we be any more negative. Give them a break, they are excited and you crash on their happiness. If you don’t like it fine but others love it.

I bought ON LINE and it was the best thing I have ever done. I have spoken to many people who have bought the way you do... sight unseen... You'll love it. I am from Boston and every state is unique and different. In 30 years, have gone back twice too many... this is a garden state, cruise capital, beautiful oceans, and Amusement attractions all within l l/2 hr any way you go. enjoy the ride!

Maybe you haven't heard of the petition that garnered over 200 signatures about the turnpike noise? Go to the other site and search the word petition.

Commuted into Boston for 32 years from the Lowell area. Retired last Dec. Bought in Linden. Love that area. Welcome.

That is from one area of one Village (Monarch Grove I believe). I can see the trucks on the turnpike out my front door but usually literally hear nothing inside the house. We do hear it on our front lanai but it’s not so loud as to bother us.

There are lots of neighborhoods in the southern area that are not that close at all to the turnpike, yet every time someone mentions buying down here there are the “regulars” that always have to jump on immediately and throw shade on their choice, without even knowing how close they may or may not actually be to the turnpike. There seems to be a narrative that every house everywhere south of the 44 can hear the turnpike noise and nothing could be further from the truth.

We took a drive around DeLuna the other day. It is a beautiful community and it is HUGE so, while there are some houses that are close to the highway there are certainly many more, the great majority I would say, that have enough separation from it that they likely will hear little to nothing.

I don’t know what it is about the idea of our mere existence down here that makes some of you so crazy, but I promise you that the vast majority of us are enjoying our homes and lives here just as much as you are up there in the north and we really don’t need anyone to tell us how we should feel about it. I think we can figure it out for ourselves since we're the ones that actually live down here.

That’s a nice area. Welcome to The Villages. You’ll like it here but you may stop using this site quickly. There are some very negative people here and they’re ALWAYS commenting. You won’t hear any traffic noise or any noise for that matter. You’re so close to Brownwood. PS. I also bought my place without ever seeing it. I think quite a bit of the newer people do.

Isn’t there another thread for folks living north of 44 to bash the south with their noise, etc. posts?

The south is a nice place to live but areas close to the turnpike can be rather noisy.

Do you play golf? I live in St John’s, not too far from DeLuna.