Talk of The Villages Florida - Early exploration at The Villages vs surrounding areas and towns

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We spent years going up one coast and down the other and many of the communities in the middle. What we found were pools and rec rooms the kids ad taken over, only one golf course for the community. The homes in the front of the communities were nice, but when you went a few blocks in, the yards were shabby in most cases.

They were built for 55+ but didn't seem to do anything to promote the friendship that TV does. I'm not sure what good it would do to own a golf cart for most of them as they really weren't that big.

We could find lots of homes (even then) that were cheaper then The Villages, but nothing like the lifestyle in TV.

For us... None of them were what we were looking for... We knew it then. Didn't even take any paperwork away... They all looked the same and so if we were to move to one of the other communities, it wouldn't have mattered much which one we moved to.

But then... That's just me!

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Originally Posted by Pturner (Post 371297)

Senior Citizen,
You are wise to check out all of your options while you're down here shopping for a retirement community to call home.

You raise an issue though about which I've wondered. If one chooses another retirement community, why does it matter how close it is to TV?

No doubt that TV is not for everyone. TV is unique with its huge variety of activities, clubs and amenities, and the breadth of its golf-cart accessibility. Other retirement communities offer more home for the money, and/or boating, more fishing opportunities, fewer restrictions, more peace and quiet or any number of other things that some retired couples would prefer. I get that.

But once one decides that TV is not for them, why does living near TV matter? There are 55+ communities all over Florida (and all over the country). Living near TV affords neither the golf-cart lifestyle nor access to TV clubs and amenities, except the town squares. Oh, and the golf courses, but golf courses are ubiquitous in many areas.

Other communities often advertise being "close" to TV. So what?

Am I the only one who wonders? :shrug:

P: I think it is called "TV envy".....