![]() Right now, more than 700 holes of golf are spread out across a mix of championship and executive courses. Golf is the big draw for most residents of The Villages. That’s more than the total population of Latitude Margaritaville at the time I originally wrote this article in 2020!Īgain, what’s good or bad is for you to decide, but just like location, the size of a community and what you might feel comfortable with should definitely play a role in what community you decide to retire in. To put things in perspective, the Villages Parrot Head Club (the largest Parrot Head Club in the world) has about 1,500 members. It has a completely different feel from other, smaller, communities in Florida. The Villages may be called a community, and it is, but it’s also a city, and heck, a Metropolitan Statistical Area. ![]() With a community the size of Latitude Margaritaville, you get just that ”a community” with a community feel. Right now the community is slated for around 3,800 homes. Latitude Margaritaville is a lot smaller. You won’t find anything else of that size and scale anywhere else in Florida. If bigger is better in your book, you should make a beeline to The Villages right now. The Villages is now home to more than 130,000 residents, and the developer has acquired enough land over the last few years to essentially double the size of the community over the next few decades. There aren’t a ton of direct flights, but there are flights to Atlanta each day and from there you can connect to just about anywhere else in the country you might like to go. It is by far one of the easiest airports to travel in and out of. The community itself sits just off of I-95, and just a few miles north of the I-95/I-4 interchange, so if you choose Latitude Margaritaville as your home base you’ve got easy access to wherever else you’d like to go in the state.ĭaytona Beach is also home to what I consider the best-kept secret as far as airports are concerned, Daytona International Airport. Latitude Margaritaville is located on Florida’s east coast, in Daytona Beach.įor retirees that love the ocean, this might be a better option. Most Villagers fly in and out of Orlando International Airport which is over an hour away, so if you plan to travel a lot, you might want to consider if that is close enough for you. It’s pretty much equidistant from both the east and west coast, and a lot of people like the idea of being away from the coast, especially during hurricane season. ![]() Ocala is 29 miles away.įor a lot of people, The Villages is in a great location. The Villages is located in Central Florida, about 60 miles north of Orlando. You know the popular real estate axiom… Location, Location, Location.Ī lot of people get caught up in the amenities and features of one community versus another and don’t pay enough attention to whether or not the location works for their desired retirement lifestyle. ![]()
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