From what I understand, the population is now over 130,000.
They did build another town square and several executive golf courses within the past five years.
I don't that it would be a wise business decision to build according to peak season. Half of the businesses would go under after a few summers.
We have to accept the fact that we live in a seasonal area and we are going to have slow times and busy times. There are a lot of places in the world like this. Cape Cod is a virtual ghost town in the winter. What is a fifteen minute drive up route 6A in the winter may take hours in the summer.
I think that we also have to realize that our population density, even in the peak season, is not a great as some other places of 130,000 people. We have approximately the same population density as Cedar Rapids Iowa, Gainesville and Memphis.
I think that what happens is that we get used to the way things are in the summer and the winter seems much worse than it actually is.
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