My wife and I lived in a 55 and older Minto community in Wellington, FL for the past 8 years and just recently moved from there to The Villages. Minto builds a superb and high quality home; ours was a 4 bedroom, 4 bath multi story home. Too big for retirees so we moved up here. I know nothing about his new development but he is a great builder who stands behind his properties.

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Here is a link to another Sun City Center site. Senior, the link you provided does appear to show only professional models. The same models are posed in several scenarios. This link seems to reveal some actual residents. It even provides videos of board meetings.

Sun City Center Florida Activities - Dancing and Music Clubs

One of my major concerns is the "aging out" of any 55 and over community. As people age they not only vote down updating and improving existing recreational facilities as well as building new ones because of the costs involved but additionally because it will increase their property taxes for the value added to their homes by the community improvements. Hopefully, that will not become an issue for The Villages.

it is indeed what you want. I moved to Florida 28 years ago and wanted to be by the beach. My current house is literally 3 minutes from the beach. The whole area has beaches along it, Madeira Beach, Redington, Indian Rocks--I have my pick. Dunedin is a cute city with neat shops downtown. However, I rarely go to the beach. It's just not as much of an attraction as it was. A big drawback to living here is the cost of homeowner's insurance. Most of us have to have the state insurer and it's a constant headache. I will save over $1100 a year in property insurance when I get my house here sold. Sun City is more inland and insurance is more affordable there as well.
btw that historic sailing ship sank trying to get away from hurricane sandy.

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Sun City Center is in Hillsborough County which has high taxes.
Also when you shop or eat out you have to go to Brandon which is a ZOO!
The traffic is horrendous in Brandon.

We looked at Sun City Center (live in Tampa) and you cannot compare to T.V.
People are much more active in T.V.

The articles below are a few years old but cover the past problems at Sun City. Mostly caused by the Chinese dry wall problems that eventually put the original developer into bankruptcy.

Sun City Center Chinese dry wall problems.

Sun City Center homeowners look for help to repair Chinese drywall | Tampa Bay Times

Golf Course problems

WCI selling three golf courses; Sun City Center has first shot | Tampa Bay Times

What happened in the past is definitely bad news - a supposedly reputable company has purchased the vacant land and is starting from scratch with higher end homes and supposedly 6 golf courses. Curious if anyone has recent information - such as been there in the last year.

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We rented in Sun City Center for 3 months in 2012.
I realize that everyone has different needs and likes, but having said that,
there is no comparison to the Villages. Sun City Center is a very old, outdated community, badly in need of updating, but the residents like it the way it is and do not want to improve the community. While we were there, there was an effort to get some modernization approved, and it was hotly contested and defeated.
Yes, there are some new homes being built, and there are some nice areas, and some very nice people.

We left Sun City Center early, rented in The Villages for a week on our way home, returned this winter and bought a new home in Gilchrist.