The Villages and the rise of the retirement wonderland
Chapter 1
The birth of a senior utopia
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Chapter 2
Life in the golf cart lane
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Chapter 3
The engineering of a mega-community
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Chapter 4
The social fabric and controversies
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Master of The Villages and the rise of the retirement wonderland
Ch 1 · The birth of a senior utopia
misslily The Villages
We are ditching the cars to cruise the golf cart highway all day long!
Fun Fact
Origins of The Villages: The community started as a 1960s mail-order land sales business before becoming a retirement paradise.
Glossary
utopia (noun)
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The Villages began in the 1970s as a modest Florida mobile home development called Orange Blossom Gardens.
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The Villages began in the 1970s as a modest Florida mobile home development called Orange Blossom Gardens.
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Which businessman is credited with co-founding the land business that evolved into The Villages?
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What was the original name of the mobile home park that eventually became The Villages in Florida?
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In what decade did Harold Schwartz first begin selling land tracts in Florida by mail?
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Who joined Harold Schwartz in 1983 to help reinvent the community into a master-planned resort?
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What major rule change in 1972 forced the founders of The Villages to stop selling land by mail?
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What major sport was offered "free for life" to residents to attract early buyers?