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Originally Posted by Susan Schonfeld
WHy couldn't the Villages be completely gated like The Top of The world Community...they should have done this from the beginning of time. EVen if they allowed outsiders to the squares, etc. they would have a record of everyone driving through. THis is something that should be seriously discussed with the Morse family.
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My parents lived from 1983 to 1998 in a completely gated community, Timber Pines in Spring Hill Florida about 60 miles southwest of here on the Gulf coast. No one enters without a sticker on their car and if you're visiting someone they must leave word at the gate for them to be let in, or the gate attendants will call your home to seek approval and if no answer, they don't enter.
The difference is Timber Pines is 2.3 square miles with two gates, and the second gate wasn't added until the community was established about 15 years. The 2010 population of Timber Pines was 5,400. As you can see the population and square miles of TV dwarfs this smaller community. The biggest difference is they have no retail businesses inside the walls of Timber Pines. Can you imagine the restaurants and retail stores at our squares and rec center and golf course employees getting to their jobs, not to mention all the contractors whether landscaping or home improvement getting clearance into TV. It would be a monumental task and would have to be handled like a large military base, essentially 1 or 2 main gates for everyone to enter and exit.