[DougB]

We have a home in The Villages and a home on the east coast about two hours away. We split time between both. If you can afford it, I say go for it. If at any time you decide The Villages is not for you, I believe you will be able to sell easily at a nice profit!

[Villager Dude]

I think the smart thing to do it rent for a minimum of 30 days, more if possible, and check the place out. Get the feel of it get to know the different sections to live in and discover the home size and prices.

Don't worry if it takes time to get convinced you will be able to find a house here. Don't think you need to make a fast decision.

We visited TV off and on for 8 years until I could retire . We have never looked back.

What part of Texas are you from ? Since Texas and Florida do not have State Income Tax you do not benefit either way.

Good luck

[Sandtrap328]

You would most likely love the Villages life. However, there is a possibility tou would not like it. Rent for a couple of months to decide. Buy when you are ready to move here.

[graciegirl]

Here is one that may be helpful;
Hesitant about moving to TV

[kcrazorbackfan]

As the Nike slogan goes - "Just Do It". This place is so absolutely incredible and awesome.

[Fraugoofy]

Originally Posted by DianeM

If you are not ready for Florida, try real hard not to be talked into it. It's a huge transition and you will miss everything that you love about your home state. It's not all sunshine and lollipops. I firmly believe men like it better than women.

Why do you think men like it better than women? Just curious...

[PTennismom0202]

I am still working. Came here with a consulting job that I can do from home from my former employer and I keep busy. I still travel for work and it takes about 90 minutes to get to the Orlando airport on tollroads and park the car, and that's a problem. My husband is younger than me and has found no job that is of interest or that pays a professional salary, so he has been rudderless, although there are a lot of fun activities to keep him busy. So don't come here if professional work is still important to you.

[DianeM]

Originally Posted by Fraugoofy

Why do you think men like it better than women? Just curious...

Because it seems as if all of the man I know are heavily into golf and a lot of women are not. They get to play mah-jongg or quilt. Woo hoo how exciting. I can't tell you the number of women that have said to me that they are out of here when their spouse's pass

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by DianeM

Because it seems as if all of the man I know are heavily into golf and a lot of women are not. They get to play mah-jongg or quilt. Woo hoo how exciting. I can't tell you the number of women that have said to me that they are out of here when their spouse's pass

I see exactly the opposite from our widowed neighbor women-friends. When their husbands finally died after the wife practically lived in the hospital and hospice, watching them die slowly of cancer or whatever, they finally got a chance to LIVE and spend some of the money they'd worked to save.

I'm thinking of four women who actually got younger and more fit, slim and trim by being active in golf, wonderful volunteer jobs that are interesting and filled with enthusiastic people, and by eventually meeting a new mate whom they wisely do not marry and do not live with--too complicated and tied down.

They are finally liberated in a place where weather permits them to be outside every single day/evening, where it is safe to walk around and be out and about on the golf cart. That cannot be said about most cities of this size across the nation.

[NavyNJ]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

It's not your citizenship that you'd be giving up, it's residency. I think that you'll still be a citizen of the United States of America.

But to answer your question, if you have homes in two different states, you can choose which one to maintain residency. That means that you would vote in that state and have a drivers license from that state.

Boogie: Not sure how many, or what type, of Texas residents you've met over the years.....but I can tell you without doubt, that "true" Texans will consider themselves "Citizens" of Texas rather than just residents for tax purposes. They grudgingly put up with all that IRS stuff.....but their allegiance is with Texas!!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by DianeM

Because it seems as if all of the man I know are heavily into golf and a lot of women are not. They get to play mah-jongg or quilt. Woo hoo how exciting. I can't tell you the number of women that have said to me that they are out of here when their spouse's pass

That's sounds like a pretty sexist statement. Tons of women play golf. There may be more women than men.

Beside that, there are a lot of other activities that women are involved in. Many play other sports. In fact, bowling is the number one sport in The Villages. There are women's softball leagues, women's pickleball leagues, women's tennis and volleyball groups. In addition, there are mixed groups for all of these activities.

If you're not an athlete, there are women's and mixed groups for almost every activity you can think of. If you can't find one, start one. I did.

The idea that men come here and have all the fun while women meet and play mah-jongg is ludicrous. There are mah-jongg clubs here, but there are as many options for women as there are men.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by NavyNJ

Boogie: Not sure how many, or what type, of Texas residents you've met over the years.....but I can tell you without doubt, that "true" Texans will consider themselves "Citizens" of Texas rather than just residents for tax purposes. They grudgingly put up with all that IRS stuff.....but their allegiance is with Texas!!

Yea, I know that, but legally, they are citizens of the United States and residents of Texas.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Yea, I know that, but legally, they are citizens of the United States and residents of Texas.

Add to that what many would insist: "…..or of Mexico"

[DianeM]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

That's sounds like a pretty sexist statement. Tons of women play golf. There may be more women than men.

Beside that, there are a lot of other activities that women are involved in. Many play other sports. In fact, bowling is the number one sport in The Villages. There are women's softball leagues, women's pickleball leagues, women's tennis and volleyball groups. In addition, there are mixed groups for all of these activities.

If you're not an athlete, there are women's and mixed groups for almost every activity you can think of. If you can't find one, start one. I did.

The idea that men come here and have all the fun while women meet and play mah-jongg is ludicrous. There are mah-jongg clubs here, but there are as many options for women as there are men.

It may be sexist but it's very honest. Sorry but more men golf than women.

I met one woman yesterday in Publix that we got to chatting while standing on line and she said can't wait till he croaks to get out of here. Yes that's very harsh and if she really feels that way she should just get divorced.


Went to another club meeting yesterday morning and a woman I had never met told me that she's thinking about the future after her husband passes and knows that she will not stay here.

This is not the land of sunshine and lollipops. A lot of people are miserable having left their past. Many are just stuck here at least for now. It is a fact of life.

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by DianeM

It may be sexist but it's very honest. Sorry but more men golf than women.

I met one woman yesterday in Publix that we got to chatting while standing on line and she said can't wait till he croaks to get out of here. Yes that's very harsh and if she really feels that way she should just get divorced.


Went to another club meeting yesterday morning and a woman I had never met told me that she's thinking about the future after her husband passes and knows that she will not stay here.

This is not the land of sunshine and lollipops. A lot of people are miserable having left their past. Many are just stuck here at least for now. It is a fact of life.

You seem not to like it here. Please tell us what you don't like. Maybe some of us have some solutions for you. A person is free to live anywhere they like so if I didn't like where I was living I woudn't stay living there. Homes here sell very well so it should be pretty easy.