The two floor plans, the Augusta and the Waterford, range in size from 1,365 square to 1,814 square feet. Designs have two to three bedrooms and two to two-and-a-half baths. A master suite dominates the first floor. Common features include Low E glass tilt-in sash windows and a six panel front door. New houses are pre-treated for indoor pests and termites. Exteriors are have tan, grey, white or yellow cement siding, a pitched roof, a recessed entryway and an attached, barn-like two car garage.

Prices begin in the low-$300,000s. The HOA fee is $18 per month and helps pay for common area maintenance, individual lawn care, and exterior upkeep.

The Villages does not have a private clubhouse, but the community is near all the comforts any neighbor might need. Big box retail, a grocery store, a large movie theater, and restaurants are within three miles. Downtown Canton offers a farmer's market, a golf club and First Fridays from May through October. The revitalized Canton Theatre brings Broadway shows to its stage, while the Cherokee Arts Center hosts lectures, gospel festivals, and fine art classes. Red Top Mountain State Park is about 30 minutes away.

Nearby Northside Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.

This area of the country is humid and has summer temperatures in 80s and 90s. Winter temperatures are in the 30s, 40s and 50s. On average, the area receives 48 inches of rain and a couple inches of snow each year.

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Georgia:

Hernando de Soto of Spain traveled to this area in 1540, but the English had a stake here, too. A general, James Oglethorpe of England, created a haven for English debtors in the area in 1733, and he defeated Spanish invaders in 1742.

Georgia was a Confederate stronghold during the Civil War. It suffered tremendous damage when General Sherman of the Union Army burned Atlanta and then conducted his March to the Sea in 1864, resulting in the capture of Savannah.

The largest in the Southeast, Georgia has seen a lot of growth in the last couple of decades. Atlanta, the capital city, is a transportation center and communications hub, and it is from where goods are distributed to much of the surrounding region.

A leader in paper and board products, Georgia also produces textiles, processed chicken, chemicals and apparel. A few of the important agricultural products are soybeans, cotton, corn, tobacco, peaches and eggs. Georgia also grows more peanuts than any other state. Half of the world supply of turpentine and resins are made from Georgia's pine trees.

Wesleyan College in Macon was the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women, and in 1945 Georgia was the first state to lower the legal voting age from 21 to 18.

Major tourist spots include the National Cemetery, Andersonville Prison Park, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, the Little White House where President Roosevelt died in 1945 (Warm Springs), the giant Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain (the largest sculpture in the world), the Cumberland Island National Seashore and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.

Why Would Someone Age 55+ Retire in an All Ages Development?

While communities designed for people age 55 or better have a lot of benefits, not everyone wants to retire in a development where most of the residents are the same age and often of the same socioeconomic background. All ages community by law cannot discriminate based on age so they nearly always have a wide range of residents, from families and single professionals to empty nesters and often retirees. Many older all ages neighborhoods are organic, that is having grown over time and never having been "master planned." These usually do not have amenities such as a pool, tennis courts, etc. But more and more new all ages communities are master planned, gated, with covenants and HOA fees. Retirees often prefer these to 55+ communities because they allow more interaction with people from more cross sections of the country.

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