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Originally Posted by UpNorth
>>>>Don't know if this is true, but a local real estate agent told me that the reason for Brownwood's location is that the town of Wildwood forced the developer to put it there for tax reasons. The developer wanted to tap into the Wildwood utilities, and Wildwood would not agree unless the Brownwood location is where it is today - completely in Wildwood. Otherwise, I'm sure the developer would have put it in a central location. It now makes it much harder to sell those houses way over in Fruitland Park.
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Sorry, I lost my compass, but isn't Wildwood in the southern end of The Villages? If so, I would imagine Wildwood Utilities are also in the southern end. Therefore The Villages wanted to build Brownwood in the southern end.