vacationer1954
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- Jun 27, 2010
Coincidentally, my spouse and I just started down the same path. We are at least a year away from even considering any kind of move, but after that who knows? We're also looking at "Active 55+" communities, but we've already pinned down some more specifics - specifics that appear to be making our search exceedingly challenging. (For example, we're aiming to be less than a half hour from WDW, we have a minimum square footage and price limit in mind. It isn't that we're that far from the mark, but it is just enough to be a barrier, at least for now.)
I regard concerns of that sort the same as dining reviews that say nothing more than, "I hated that restaurant." Everyone's entitled to their own assessment but without specifics I don't even think such comments are worth considering.
Do you know of any examples? I know that for some people this would be distressing, but we find that aspect attractive.
That's simultaneously something that I'm very worried about and something that I'm very much hoping. As long-time DVC members we've already transitioned from park commandos (our last park commando visit had me sprinting back and forth across the parks, with my family members' tickets in hand, to get their next FastPass, as they were riding their previous FastPass attraction - never again). If we ride three rides in a day we're happy; we love the place just for the atmosphere, especially Animal Kingdom Park. If I can convince myself that I'm going to do my 12,000 steps every day doing laps around The Oasis, Discovery Island Trails, Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, and Maharajah Jungle Trek, we'd already be in the moving van.
We're struggling to carve out time from WDW trips for community-shopping ventures. I tried to add a day to our March trip for it and my spouse nixed the idea (due to work and church obligations). Maybe during our December trip. After that, we are planning an eighteen month hiatus before another WDW trip (assuming we don't move), so we'd have to actually (gasp!) take the trip just for the purpose of community shopping.
Let's be neighbors. That's exactly what we want.
Ditto. We already have warm (we moved from the north to Atlanta several years ago) so we'll have a lesser adjustment in that regard. And GA is limited state income tax on retirement withdrawals - but no state income tax whatsoever beats that.We want warm. And FL has no state tax and a good number of transplanted northerns
As do I.
Having only recently moved here to Georgia, we haven't such strong ties. We haven't put ourselves in the right place to establish the kind of friendships we previously established up north; our church is a big disappointment; I'm just itching for reasons to find new doctors and dentists; and my spouse's aunt and uncle in nearby Tennessee have both passed away over the past several years. By your yardstick, we're ripe for the move.
This is a consideration, but in the opposite direction. We no longer have family nearby, and some of my family is in Florida, so we'd be moving closer to family. My spouse is significantly older, and I worry about living my last years, veritably alone, here in Georgia.
Specifics like these three you've shared are very helpful! We have lived without winter for the last several years and are much happier for it. (It could have something to do with the fact that two years before we moved south, my spouse and I were out walking in winter and next thing we knew the doctor in the ER was putting both my spouse's arms in casts. We hate snow.) With regard to living among locals, my one Georgia-native neighbor just put up a For Sale sign. The rest of my neighbors are from Indiana, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, etc. I think this move to Georgia might have been a really good test for an eventual move to Florida.
And while I agree that running on pond-flat trails for miles is boring, you can see above that my fantasy exercise regimen has a different venue.
Since moving back north is not a consideration, we would be considering the cost of traveling between the north and Orlando versus Atlanta. I don't see much difference, except that in Orlando we're more likely to get them to visit us.
Homes that back the golf course directly will have a huge issue now as well as the uncertainty of the entire community. 
Supposedly HOA trying to figure out what will be happening to the golf course. That is a shame
, looks like a beautiful community!
