[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Pturner

Hi Russ, I remember you asking about different options. Did y'all find a home?

I don't want to hijack the thread but...

Heading down May 15-30. It is our intent to buy something if we see it or at least put $ on a lot and start building within the year. I'm working part time as an RN up here (still have full time IT job as well). Plan on moving down for good in Jan 2012. 650 days and counting!

[graciegirl]

Good for you! So glad to hear your news. We will be here when you are this time.

2012??? We will try not to get older so we can be your friends!!

[Russ_Boston]

You're already my friends! We will definitely try to get together in May. I'll e-mail my phone #.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

I don't want to hijack the thread but...

Heading down May 15-30. It is our intent to buy something if we see it or at least put $ on a lot and start building within the year. I'm working part time as an RN up here (still have full time IT job as well). Plan on moving down for good in Jan 2012. 650 days and counting!

Yea! All best wishes.

[smsgtdaves]

Russ Boston we are planning to move to TV about the same time frame. Most of my decicsion is because of my retirement in 2011 and the way real estate and the rest of the economy. Did the economy have any effect on your date to move. I wanted to jump in and buy now and try to carry two houses but it seems to me prices aren't going up any time soon.

[Russ_Boston]

The only part the economy is playing is that I might buy now (lower prices) and carry the other house (wait until homes recover). I'm also retiring from my current job in Jan 2011 (the year I'll be 55). So the year is fixed but when to buy my TV home is optional. Best of luck!

[springfield]

If we move to TV,we are concerned about being surrounded by people who feel the need to make political comments that we find offensive. We keep our religion and politics to ourselves yet today there seems to be a lack of civility when it comes to these topics.

[Pturner]

Springfield,
Please don't worry. Perhaps, ocassionally, "there is the blue one who won't accept the green one for living with the black one trying to be a skinny one."

But most of us are everyday people.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by springfield

If we move to TV,we are concerned about being surrounded by people who feel the need to make political comments that we find offensive. We keep our religion and politics to ourselves yet today there seems to be a lack of civility when it comes to these topics.

I think that the over 55 bunch of us are about the same as people everywhere. Some of us are more polite and compassionate than others. Some of us are more rude and inconsiderate than others. I think that living a good while gives us a little more experience in dealing with each other and stronger opinions but whether we share them with everyone is a matter of common sense and how much we drink.

[springfield]

I'm still figuring out how to post messages and do "threads." I feel like I'm getting to know some of you. One of favorite quotes is..."There are no strangers, only friends we haven't met"

[smsgtdaves]

Hi Graciegirl:
I have been reading the forums just to get a feeling for The Villages before my wife and I move in about a year or so. You have answered some of my posts and others and you always have a good good comment, never seem negative about anything, and have insite that others need. Is there anything that bothers you? Don't get me wrong I think its great. I'm positive about most stuff but you are way above me on the attitude meter. Keep it up.

[kfierle]

I purchased my villa after being in The Villages for only 3 days! I was only 50 years old but never worried about "fitting in". I like people and treat them the way I would want to be treated. No matter where you live you will find people that are not to your liking. I don't choose my friends by their size, shape, or age. I choose my friends by the way they treat me and others. I am pretty sure you will "fit in" anywhere in The Villages.