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Originally Posted by rustyp
A little voice in the back of my head is saying is it time to get concerned about this piece meal type planning. It appears the population of The Villages could easily approach 200K. Compare this to St Pete at 245K and Orlando at 238K. The roads in this area can not support that kind of growth. Take a look at a map and observe the expressways, by passes, etc surrounding those areas. Given the three county location and multiple city occupation of The Villages who is in charge of the long term grand integrated plan ?
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You are correct. Typically a county or region having a heads up to future demand will commission a 10 to 20 year master plan implemented first, before any permits are issued.
I’ve never lived through growth at this pace but I do know there are cities that regret not having the foresight to limit unchecked growth. Midget politicians signing off on whatever a greedy developer wants is a recipe for disaster in the future. I won’t want to be here. What will this place will look like when younger baby boomers and older generation X’ers need to sell their homes
in 20 years or so with a non- existent millennial market
to sell to. The economy here is based on catering to relatively affluent homeowners. Once they dwindle away who will buy these houses ?
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