Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The next time we stayed in whatever those homes are that aren't villas, but not as fancy as the Designer homes. Nice house. More Stepford. There was nothing that screamed "this is where I want to spend the rest of my life." No mature trees, no shade, no privacy between back yards, everyone's front yards looked the same - exactly three trees per property, two of which were palms, with all the same ugly ribbon cactuses in perfectly placed flower beds and not a single thing to show that "here lives someone with a personality and maybe a smidge of creative flair." Everything was vanilla. And then we checked the Historic Section, and spent a day in Spanish Springs. I thought - this is an actual neighborhood, with actual people who have real personalities and creativity, who don't think they're in Stepford. Yes there are some flamingo garden decorations. Most of them are sculptures and art, rather than mass produced kitch. People hanging out at each others' houses, pulling up chairs in the driveways for a cuppa, sitting on the porch or the lanai to watch the sunset or talk about the neighbor's hip replacement, getting to know the neighbors' grandkids when they come for Christmas vacation... That's what convinced me to move to The Villages. If it weren't for this area, then yeah - I would miss my husband. But there's no way I would've come down with him. |
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Oh, and I sorta teeter between the "P" and the "J". :-) Last edited by mntlblok; 08-27-2023 at 04:18 PM. Reason: addendum |
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Great. Now learning that I might not even have the source quote right. :-( Golf is a Good Walk Spoiled – Quote Investigator(R) Last edited by mntlblok; 08-27-2023 at 04:50 PM. Reason: got to wondering about the fidelity of the source reference |
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Actually, I understood what you were saying. I was trying to agree with you that joining a local hiking club has lots of benefits.
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OrangeBlossomBaby, what is the difference between a house and a villa?
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I'm not a golfer. What is a pitch and putt?
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When you get here you might also want to check out The Villages Hiking Club. They are affiliated with the Florida Trail Association. They go on hikes every Wednesday. The hikes are usually within an hour drive of The Villages and range from three to nine miles in length. I know you’re looking for options inside the bubble but even with everything we have here you’ll run out of new places rather quickly. The Hiking Club does a lot of carpooling so you could hitch a ride with others while you get to know the area.
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Like the "executive" courses, they are made up of par three holes, but the distances from the tees to the greens are significantly shorter than what are typically found on par three holes, mostly no more than 60-100 yards or so, thus requiring only "pitch" shots off the tees. Mickylee Pitch & Putt exceeds expectations | News | The Villages Daily Sun | thevillagesdailysun.com
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Village Community Development Districts Golf The Villages Home - Sumter County Property Appraiser Randy Mask - Sumter County Tax Collector The Villages https://www.**************.com/ villages - news.com https://sites.google.com/view/virginia-trace/home https://www.thevillages.com/ https://www.poa4us.org/ https://www.thevha.net/
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I really can't refer a hike there. However, it's so far away in a cart to get to Sumnter, Spanish Springs and lastly brownwood. Very young people seem in the south under 40 move north, theater is all north. Film is north not south. Lovely trees etc up north not south. Buy one used up north. No bond to take. If you use agent non MLS, for Villages, we'll, not as helpfull.
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