"On Top of the World Communities
Ocala, Florida
The lure: If it seems like no one's home, it's only because there is so much to do. Calendars juggle 600 classes with visiting scholars and instructors and meetings of 200 clubs and organizations. Additionally, you'll find residents at two large recreation centers and three championship golf courses. A new model park will feature designs in three new-home neighborhoods.
What residents say: Jane McCabe, 67, says she watched On Top of the World develop for 25 years but never thought she would live there after a retirement move from Jacksonville, FL, to Louisville, KY. But she remarried in 2004, and on a trip to Florida in 2007, her new husband, Jim, remarked that it would be nice to have a second home there. They moved in January 2008 and now live there full time. "You can have the best of any world you want," Jane says. "It's just such a friendly community with all kinds of housing styles. It's just the perfect place for us."
Prices: $170,000s-$340,000s for single-family homes.
Status: 4,500 homes sold of 36,000 planned on 12,900 acres.
Age-restricted: Yes.
Information: On Top of the World Communities, 8445 S.W. 80th St., Ocala, FL 34481, (800) 421-4162 or www.ontopoftheworld.com." |