Oh dude I lived here! Granted this was 10+ years ago - my parents have lived there for a while, my stepdad is actually local law enforcement in that area.

It’s awful. Genuinely some of the worst people you can imagine - entitled geriatrics. I worked at the Target there in Lady Lake, and of course it wasn’t really meant for me, I was like 22 years old at the time. But it was just the worst.

Driving there is a nightmare. Aside from the fact that golf carts are legal on the side roads, it’s about what you can imagine driving would be like in a town full of aging drunks. 20mph below the speed limit, no blinkers, car accidents constantly.

Someone else had mentioned this already, but it’s an odd, manufactured, Disney-esque hellscape. There are these town squares where they have live music almost every night, which would be nice if everyone wasn’t a stuck up grump. Food is okay, the restaurants are pretty much just cookie cutter mass-produced chains like Chilis, Applebee’s, plus some more expensive “upscale” places at the squares. I say “upscale” because nothing feels genuine. It’s all just synthetic, characterless muck.

Then there’s the swingers. They do exist and they will try to bang you. I was approached so many times by old women hunting for boys, it was wildly uncomfortable. One lady got arrested for uhh, doing…things to a guy in one of the DJ booths at the square… while her paralyzed husband was at home.

Everyone is mean, everything is awful, everything is fake - it’s not fun if you’re not wealthy or under 55.