My original post has been manipulated way out of context.
"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 ?"
It was not intended to bash The Developer or insinuate in any manner this is not the great place to live. It my opinion it is a legitimate question of who is responsible for the long term integrated plan not just for The Villages but the entire metropolitan area that is being created " a step at a time". For one minute do any of you believe The Developers would tip their hand at the expense of driving up land prices in areas they are trying to pursue for the future. That's also not meant as a slam. That equals normal expected business practice. We did not elect The Developers to represent us. We chose to live in a place they provided. But the people in the surrounding communities of Lady Lake, Wildwood, Leesburg, Fruitland Park, etc. did not choose to live inside The Villages. Convince them that the planning has felt integrated and not "piece meal". And also "piece meal" does not translate to miserable failure. We can also argue about the population of which I sited facts and we got to the point of redefining them. But I agree with your points of those areas encompass other cities and the combined population is much higher. Is that not exactly where this area is headed. It will be a metropolitan area from Ocala to Orlando.
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