Do Neighbors Bother you? How's The Heat? And Many More Great Questions.

[@ChynnaBlue1]

"The way your house is positioned is more important than how big your lot is." THIS. My last place had bedroom and living room windows that faced west and the sun came in like a laser during the hottest part of the day and well into the evenings during the summers. I had to get black out curtains to keep the temperatures down in the afternoons. Now I'm in a place where my bedroom windows face north and the difference is huge. I don't need a big lot, I need windows that don't look directly into my neighbor's and that don't have the sun on them most of the day.

[@shadoman85]

This was one of your best videos. People being honest about how life is there. Looking forward to our Lifestyle visit next month.

[@annehajdu8654]

I like the honest ones who admit the lots can be too small. And neighbors aren't always wonderful.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

They are all honest, but opinions differ.

[@nataliesmithhart4511]

I see a lot of “Glass Half Full” folks living their BEST life on this video. ❤LOVE IT!!❤ Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend! 🌴

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you! You too! When are the Smithharts coming for their lifestyle preview?😁

[@kirstenlaird5060]

I really appreciate everyone's honesty. Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed!

[@ronaldlewis4870]

I truly love my neighbors! All of them would help on a moments notice! We gather often and do alot together.

[@scrapbookaholic]

I love love love this interviewing of residents and neighbors. Can the non-residents ride bikes or take walks in the Villages?

[@Peter-tc2gm]

Great video, I like when you interview people. Maybe a future video - what area do you live in and why did you choose it? What type of house did you choose and why.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks for the idea!

[@kylereed980]

Great show!! Jerry and Linda!! All facts, Florida,s friendliest home town.🎉

[@hollyfaraldi537]

So fun to see our cruising companions interviewed. Great job!! 🛳️

[@carolapostolos8929]

One of my favorite things is listening to people answer your questions. It's always nice to hear others opinions and experiences.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@theresatitus-lawson3431]

You asked some good questions Jerry and I like the honest answers your guests gave! I for one love the round abouts. They keep the traffic moving. I loved the sense of humor of Carl from Williamsport, Pennsylvania! He was very amusing. ........and Linda was handling that mic like a pro! I remember how shy she was when you guys first started. Not any more! You go Linda! ❤❤

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it, Theresa!

[@milantoombs6696]

Hope some of these people’s neighbors don’t dislike them now!!! Thanks guys👍🏻👍🏻

[@user-rh9hz7xy6z]

I really enjoyed listening to all the wonderful comments. Thank you for sharing! Vicki

[@ljkiser]

Look forward to watching Jerry & Linda every Monday and Thursday! I'm so envious of the residents of the Villages, doubt we could ever make the move, we are pretty much stuck in Kentucky but I can dream! Going to book a lifestyle visit just so we can get a tiny experience of TV. Thank you for everything you guys do! (Cannot believe anybody would be salty to either of you, you seem like the sweetest people ever!)

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

We think a lifesstyle visit is a wonderful vacation. You'll love it. See you when you get here.

[@jimv4236]

Wow, Linda is really becoming a natural on screen. Get job Linda! Another great video guys. Thanks!

[@jcramton13]

Hello all you New Englanders! I’m in NH and waiting for my Lifestyles visit in May!

[@gregormaitland5065]

I’m in NH as well and am sick of the NH winters. Can’t wait to get down there.

[@marywilson1948]

Such cute couples!! I loved this!! Thank you Jerry & Linda!! What cheerful attitudes!! Which is a great way to live!!!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@rebeccamartin4267]

Liked the analysis between living in original area vs TV. Busy working, being responsible for family vs busy having fun, and enjoying self 😊

[@margieangel]

You all do a lot of great videos, but certainly talking to people is one of the best. Thank you so much!

[@trudyyurina5473]

Hello to our fellow cruisers. It was a good time.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks, Trudy! We loved it!

[@PurcellCindy]

Loved the show today. Your videos and guests have already taught me, no west facing lanais, and think about kissing lanais. You guys keep pumping the info! I really look forward to them. Oh, as a Realtor, I'm often told NO HOAs/Restrictions. So then I ask, "Ok, so it's acceptable with you if your neighbor parks his Septic Tank pumper in the driveway all of the time?" Sure changes a lot of minds. LOL!!!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Amen!

[@sallypriest4363]

That was great! I especially liked that you included some non-Villages communities. Great idea, guys❣️

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jon19100]

Great job I really enjoyed everyone’s opinion it is heaven on earth

[@janetpartyka5968]

Great show Jerry and Linda. It's good to hear many points of view. I liked how honest Steve and Brenda were. :). :)

[@youtubecritic5781]

Love the Q and A. Very enjoyable.

[@JamesCrawford-qe3dc]

Great bunch of people

[@Soarinoverohio]

Great video and wonderful idea to hear lots of different opinions based on your home of origin. Hope to be able to afford it one day ❤

[@ronaldlewis4870]

Up north, social life often involved parties in the yard. Here, socializing is done out and about. Small yards are appropriate.

[@Skelly5103]

Great show you two. I was interesting the answers the people gave us. Really helps us make decisions in the future.

[@Rossiegirl]

Gerry and Linda, thank you for all you do to educate and inform us about the villages, we really enjoy them ❤

[@nancyconca9892]

Interesting video - enjoyed everyone answering the same questions frankly 🤩 Thank you for posting this ‼️👏🏻

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@learnbyheart7]

Just great...loved this informative video...too!! Tks.

[@karenanderson6495]

This has certainly been interesting. I do enjoy these interviews and believe people are truly being honest about their experiences. Interesting to hear from those who live outside (like in Leesburg), yet still find a way to enjoy the lifestyle and activities in TV. Great show, thank you! I'm thinking a lot of work went into putting this together!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it, Karen!

[@stevenwilburn235]

Thank for sharing. Love your special shows!

[@w.c.7247]

How you make all your videos something to smile about is a wonder, but you do!

[@annehajdu8654]

I agree.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

We could focus on the negative, but isn't this more fun?

[@karendjohn8803]

Great video! Huge thank you to all the people who took the time to be interviewed. I enjoyed listening to all of you. What I was surprised at though, is some of the “salty” comments made against some of these people. If you have nothing nice to say, just keep on scrolling.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vickyd868]

What a wonderful show once again! I loved hearing everyone's different reactions to the questions asked. It was especially interesting to hear from the people that do not live "IN" The Villages. THANK YOU as always!!!!

[@marykoritheasmith2411]

Very informative! All types of folks all have one thing in common, they love living in the Villages. Folks were honest, and answered frankly. Nice to see that everyone enjoys the lifestyle. 👍

[@raymondplodzien7459]

Love the interview shows. Many positive feedback.

[@jscalese1]

Hi Beth! Six weeks away from our next visit!

[@JeffWeymier]

Love these videos. Nicely done.

[@ranmantucson9421]

What a great interview show. I enjoyed hearing the individual opinions of your guests.

[@cydneystephen2814]

Happy Thursday Jerry and Linda. Enjoy listening to the views of the ppl. Have an amazing weekend as I know you will. Now back to the vid 🤗.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Good morning!

[@roxiejacobsen2060]

Good morning to you from Florida.

[@cydneystephen2814]

@@roxiejacobsen2060 morning Roxie. Viewing from NY. Have a great day 🤗

[@brfrench1]

Another great show

[@arupchoudhury1]

All your videos are very good, but this one was the best one. Very informative, educational, very well thought out video. Many of my questions were answered in this video, thank you for that. I have one request now, I would like to know what is the daily routine of a villager, since most of them are retired . So how they spend their time on a daily basis. This will give me an idea of what I will do going over there. I have many more things to know, but lets start with this one. So sorry to know that Gizmo is no more, I don't know how you are coping up without him. All the best. By the way Jerry .looks like you gained some weight, that makes you look great, Linda looks the same.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you so much. We could tell you our routine come up but that Would not be like most villages residents. We will see what we can do.

[@KingoftheNorth56]

Another good job on this video, I’ll just keep my comments to myself since I’m enjoying living here. My only complaint is I wish we would’ve moved down here sooner 😅👍👍

[@leilanihimmelmann9190]

Living in NZ, I love round-abouts. Really keeps traffic moving!

[@tombrown8428]

Great show

[@brimoren7320]

😃Surprised that small lots were not a big issue to most as they were out 😊enjoying the ⛳️🚴Villages Lifestyle 🏊‍♀️ 🏓instead of mowing their lawns.

[@TamiDunn]

Loved the video!!! 🎉

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you liked it, Tami!!

[@markjones3176]

Enlightening show see you Monday

[@donnapriebe7977]

I like the lanyard/nametags!

[@jamesjohns5112]

Thanks!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you Jim, you are so nice.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marylinton9509]

Great show. Thank you! 😊

[@lw3158]

How’s the heat you ask…timing is everything! I’m standing here on the subway platform waiting for my train, but low and behold a power outage has stopped all the trains…and it’s 22 degrees!!! Villages take me away.

[@marilynd677]

Where r u?

[@lw3158]

@@marilynd677Oak Grove T station in Melrose, MA

[@jennalovecraftreeves9679]

Boston?

[@bearadisecabin1642]

Love that Shirt Jerry! Linda fashionable as ever! Have a nice day 🌞🌴🐊🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks so much!

[@karenschuster9831]

Lakeville is such a nice town

[@lovinglife58]

WOW! Gorgeous shirt, Linda and Jerry.....awesome shirt as well! So bright and cheery.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks so much!

[@andreagardner2335]

Wow; you got the New Englanders! I am in Massachusetts. Born here. The traffic is worse than Los Angeles. We live in a 55 plus community of all separate homes. On 4000 square feet. Why do I need land at my age? Love the restrictions. I live in a village; don’t want it looking like a commercial lot. The Villages sounds like a fun place. But the heat would kill me, and I am used to accessing top notch medical care, which you don’t have.

[@pennyweldon8587]

Very interesting video! We got to know our fellow cruisers better after this!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

We hang out with the best people, don't we? 😉

[@mariaminor9241]

Can’t wait to get there ❤❤❤❤

[@kylereed980]

Villages supporter, I like that.. Jerry, the villages is designed for people to come and do what ever that is they love to do!! From nature to life, it's design is for happiness.and to make great new friends...

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Well said, Kyle!

[@frannader2739]

Thanks, Jerry and Linda. As pro interviewers, you made mine fun. Should've said we're Transatlantic snowbirds living Summers in Lebanon, where it is also hot in more ways than one, if you know what I mean.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

What an interesting life!

[@frannader2739]

@@JERRYANDLINDA Folks all have different stories, common demoninator: we can always talk with each other and discover common life issues.

[@peggyjones5494]

Love the video, love you guys

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeffrey5238]

will be there soon

[@onealutube]

Great questions, great show, as always. Deed restrictions, I cannot imagine what The Villages would be like if there were not deed restrictions. Sure, in general folks, don’t like to be restricted. But it’s not hard to understand the purpose of these restrictions, and what they mean to maintaining the integrity of The Villages and the values of our properties. I know that my neighbors are happy we have them. I have always wanted to have a blaze orange house that matches my hunting gear. But I’ve yet to live somewhere I can do that. And make no mistake, my wife will make sure we never moved to such a place. Who am I kidding, I will be a villager for the rest of my life. You two stay awesome!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you Patrick. We agree about the restrictions.

[@williambyrnes9742]

Ask about taxes and insurance!

[@jamesjohns5112]

Nice show. Well done.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@toricaple1327]

Thanks for this segment. It was interesting to hear other people's take on these questions. Love the honesty. I look forward to spending a full month at The Villlages this September . I am originally from Ohio, but have been living in Virginia the past 38 years. I hope the next move to be Florida. I look forward to the journey of deciding where to live. Thanks for all of your Videos!! So helpful....love that Jerry is a fan of the Fighting Irish!! ❤

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

☘☘☘☘☘

[@kmaynor16]

Great show! I do wonder about most everyone being happy about everything. Sounds too good to be true! But I hope it is true because that would be fantastic.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Of course everyone is not as happy, but the people that we bump into tend to be. People move here to try to enjoy their retirement and that's what they do.

[@lisasindoniliberio426]

Hi Caruso's from Manlius...from Geneva so you are kind of my neighbor... Nice video with your vacation guests.

[@ronfreeman2738]

Linda, my wife loves your dress!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Wow, thank you.

[@leilanihimmelmann9190]

Thanks for putting this together. Sounds like bigger homes and certain styles of homes, I,e, Designer homes, neighbour noise/closeness is not an issue. Perhaps the smaller homes will need consideration. Enjoyed the show!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Our pleasure!

[@Linda-LaLa-Fraga]

Another good show … I must of been napping 💤

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

😆😄😆😄😆

[@faygallagher8425]

Great video. If you have the opportunity to interview Michael and Tiffany (The Villages Experience U-tubers) they bought a patio villa four months ago an awesome couple you will like ❤

[@jennalovecraftreeves9679]

Cool! I live in MA and am in the next city to Seekonk. And I would love to move to FL some day hopefully soon :)

[@marilynd677]

Love going to the villages! They have amazing amenities!! No fences is a great call !! It prevents the barking dogs next door going out their doggie doors with little supervision. "I feel more healthy here, mentally and physically ". Great vid! Yes, the neighbor parties!!! Having a summer/winter home to escape to is a great thing! The insurance rates have doubled though, be careful. They do need to leave more green space which Nocatee Master did imho Our renters are only "long term". R there restrictions on renting? Low crime! Yes! Thank a law enforcement officer today:)

[@marilynd677]

Deed restrictions: can you really restrict to only 1 can In the driveway and no parking on the street? Insurance rates are skyrocketing for a reason: 95 is a death trap ...

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks, Marilyn!

[@marybeth2022]

Steve and Mimi are from our area. We're from Herscher Illinois and have many friends and family in Manteno Illinois.

[@pdxwatcher]

This was a fun watch, well done. If I could make a suggestion, the mic you're using seems to be good enough to position it between the guests on a stand so no one has to hold it and the movement's not so distracting.

[@centralscrutinizer7374]

My guess: The handheld mic was not working. Good show!

[@lizmona9679]

Thank you all for sharing! 👍😍🐞🍀💖☀💃

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Our pleasure!

[@scrapbookaholic]

I’m curious why the average Villager moves at least 3 times. Also, is it true that there are no smoking restrictions at the town squares? Thank you.

[@fionabegonia7802]

I would love the socialization: all of the activities and friendly people, but being from Gulf Coast of TX ---- I've had enough of that sort of climate!🤣

[@michaelsd284]

Thanks for the video. Questions for you all, it seems a common topics is about the crowds/increased congestion during snowbird season. Can you give some more context around this? For example people say restaurant reservations are hard to get, but what time frames are people talking about? 4pm 5pm, 6pm 7pm? The same question regarding executive golf? Do you have any insight into the clubs vs enrichment programs? Using a "craft" focused club like photograph or painting as an example, I'm guessing the "craft" enrichment programs offer a common expectation of class instruction. Do the clubs do similar class instruction?

[@faithd4571]

Hi Jerry and Linda, love your show. Question, my husband is a carpenter, and we would like to find work for him, he does everything, from decks to remodeling or just everyday small-time work that's needed, I will be looking for cleaning jobs/organization. Is there a need for this in the villages? We are coming down as snow birds next month.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

A Handyman is in high demand.

[@linny3260]

How do people adapt if their spouse dies?

[@zzzzipy12]

It would be neighborly to talk to your neighbors about an issue before running & talleling to the ARC. Also, never trust your contractors for permits, etc…they are crooked about that in any part of the country.

[@MyJohnDen]

Talk about sugar coated!!!!!

[@allisonm6890]

Regarding Wayne and Brenda’s comments: Two things struck me - They have/had a neighbor that had an issue with their backyard landscaping project that wasn’t approved by the ARC. He indicated that he wanted the neighbor to approach him directly but shouldn’t they have ensured their contractor had the approval from the ARC first? It is ultimately the responsibility of the homeowner to have ARC approval and not rely on slick sales practices. Anonymity promotes reporting and rule following. If he’d gotten approval first, the issue would not have progressed. Rules for thee - not for me! Shame on him for agreeing to the rules upon the closing of his home and following them only when convenient. He wants only neighbors within the community to confront neighbors with potential violations directly? That would probably cause the motto of The Villages to change to from „Florida‘s Friendliest Hometown“ immediately. Just follow the rules, policies and procedures you agreed to. If you see a violation, you make the choice to report it or not. It seems simple to me. Also, I love how the full time residents blame the snow-birds for traffic and the snow-birds blame the renters. What‘s next - renters blaming Lifestyle Visitors and them blaming locals? Jerry and Linda, my husband and I enjoy your content so much, we’ve been subscribers and regular viewers for a long time - we can’t wait to see you when we get there!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

You make some good points but I'm not sure you understood that when they bought the home that was already there. A real estate agent listed the home and a different real estate agent sold them the home and no one told them that that was out of compliance. When you have so many things to do and on your mind and to check and to recheck sometimes it slips by. This very topic is up for huge debate in the villages right now. There are many properties that were not in compliance but sold by villages agents. Many feel the agents should have known the home was out of compliance and told the prospective buyers.

[@allisonm6890]

Thank you for your reply! As always, you make an excellent point! I agree. The resale homes should probably be certified as deed compliant by the ARC prior to resale and disclosed by Realtors. There’s a fix for every issue, this is not only way to address that situation, just one off the top of my head. THIS IS WHY WE LOVE YOUR CONTENT! You provide thoughtful, insightful and respectful interaction and clarification. I don’t normally make comments, thanks for taking the time to respond. I hope Wayne and Brenda‘s issue has been settled with no hard feelings and minimal cost (if any).

Kevin H. 3:17 Hello, I've been watching your videos and really enjoy them. I'm planning a lifestyle visit soon and hope to see you two eventually. Is there allot of classic cars in the Villages?

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

There are lots of classic cars here. And, classic golf carts too.

[@ggjr61]

I enjoy watching your channel but there are many reasons we won’t move to Florida barring unexpected circumstances . As far as the Villages go one of the things we wouldn’t care for are the deed restrictions. We don’t mind if our neighbors have pink flamingos in their yard or RVs in there driveway. In return we don’t want to be told what to do in our yard either. Of course the risk of that is you do occasionally have people with cars on block. We had one neighbor who tried to put in a native landscape. It turned into a weed patch. They eventually went back to grass but for awhile some of neighbors were getting a little upset.😂

[@bfn6ghh]

Curious why did you interview people who don’t live inside the bubble?

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

They came in and wanted to talk, we wanted to get everyone's opinion. Although they do not live inside the bubble, they visit and have opinions.

[@karenb324]

One gentleman mentioned gravel issues in some villas… have heard it before but not sure what the issue is?

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

You need to follow the deed restrictions. Some people did not know that their homes were out of compliance when they bought them. Now they have been reported and ordered tordered to remove gravel.

[@karenb324]

@@JERRYANDLINDA ahhhh. I was wondering that as I was looking at the villas and hearing rumbling of issues. I am surprised they are not made to fix before selling. Thank youuu!!

[@CC-bz2fu]

I know that you re-painted your house- are there a set of approved colors or do you just ask the ARC about whatever you are proposing?

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

There are approved colors but you can request approval for a color. It may or may not be granted.

[@kristenschnese6980]

Very good someone made the comments of having weird colors like Pink here on Amelia Iskand a lot of houses are really colorful like purple shell pink sky blue etc I personally like it it reminds me of me of old Fl And it’s really cheery on a dreary day but I bet there people can and would get out of hand to me the houses are no closer than they are I n my neighborhood back home.

[@annehajdu8654]

*Island

[@steveg4589]

Nirvana!

[@CaligirlinTx63]

Mostly Northeasterners 😢

[@Southalabamaoutdoors]

The worse thing I hear and see is that they don't require the owners to live full time, would eliminate renters and whole lot of extra traffic in the winter. For that reason I'd never move there.

[@Rossiegirl]

@@KingoftheNorth56 I presume you need more money to keep two homes rather than just one?

[@Rossiegirl]

@victormendoza2751 you still have to pay for property taxes, water, energy, amenities, cars, house maintenance, etc, even if you've paid your mortgage.

[@Rossiegirl]

@@KingoftheNorth56 what isn't true?

[@rea8755]

Let me get this straight Wisconsin couple: you don't get ARC approval and neither does your landscaper and it's your neighbor's fault you had to redo it to ARC?😅😅 And you like ARC for house colors...shesh😂 Time to apologize to your neighbor for blaming them for your lack of responsibility!!!😮

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Maybe you should watch it again and then you might consider apologizing to the couple from Wisconsin.

[@rea8755]

Bothered by neighbors? 1."Absolutely"... 2. Landscaper said he would get "ARC approval and he never did" (Guessing Homeowner couldn't check up approval like neighbor did😅!🎉 3. "So, it had to get torn up to some degree, all due to our neighbor behind us". 3A) It got redone according to ARC😂 not neighbor. 3B) perhaps landscaper encroached on neighbors property then got snippy with said neighbor who then called ARC🎉. Therefore, I still stand by the my statement the Tomahawk, Wisconsin people should apologize/ mea culpa / forgive and forget. Life is to short! Soooo, what did I miss? Ps not salty when facty!

[@rea8755]

Crickets​@@JERRYANDLINDA