After looking at a few YouTube videos last night I'm pretty sure I saw a few Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm) & Washingtonia robusta palms along the streets & thoroughfares of The Villages, and they both would also develop skirts of dead fronds if left untrimmed. But still, the vast majority of the fan-leafed palms are the Florida native, sabal palmetto.
Sorry if I was mistaken on who pays the bill for the landscape maintenance, but regardless, I would still think they're left natural mainly to save money.
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