Some call the Villages - the largest retirement community in the world - "Disney without rollercoasters".
But descriptions of the Villages from residents themselves are even more effusive.
"It's like being at a resort on a full-time basis," says North Carolina transplant Betty Brock, 79. "I tell all my friends that don't live here, if you get bored in the Villages, it's not the Villages, it's you."
"The bottom line is, it's kind of like utopia," says 62-year-old Terri Emery, speaking against the backdrop of live music blaring from one of the Villages' five squares.
Spanning 30,000 acres, three counties and four zip codes, the Villages is a meticulously-landscaped master-planned community known for sunshine, socialising and an endless supply of recreational fun for those over the age of 55.
