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Originally Posted by mmac321
... why is it taking so long to fill Brownwood with stores and why isn't there more shopping on 466a and 44?
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"The Villages is not the spot for companies or employees searching for the next internet startup, but the economy is surging thanks to the services required by the growing population that cover healthcare, financial services,
retail and more."
"The Villages scored well across the board on the dozen factors Forbes uses to rate smaller metro areas. It ranked first for crime, migration and projected economic growth. The Villages’ economy is expected to expand 9.1% annually through 2017, according to Moody’s Analytics. Business costs are 21% below the national average. The only metric where The Villages does not shine is living costs, which rank among the 30% most expensive smaller metros."
The metric is small cities less then 250,000. We're only halfway there. I wonder how big we need to get before we see big retail and amenity additions.
Maybe
retail will look at TV with fresh eyes.