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Old 05-29-2018, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Judy n Ron View Post
“The idea of unlimited growth... needs to be seriously questioned on at least two counts: the availability of basic resources and... the capacity of the environment ..." This includes parking at Publix, tee times, restaurant tables, and space at the gyms...... I'm not sure why we are all expected to celebrate.
The Daily Sun goes on and on about how big we are and how big we are getting. Are existing residents getting a piece of the pie?

A couple of years ago, I started to feel the squeeze. But as a snowbird, I have not been there to experience the effect year-round.

I advise anyone who is thinking of buying to rent during snowbird season to get the feel of the place to see if it works as an individual choice.

The building will continue. It is a business plan. TV employs a lot of family members and it appears to be a generational operation.

I have always looked at owning in TV like owning stock in a big corporation. The value of any stock can go up and down in response to the decisions made by the few who hold the real power. In reality, stockholders in big corporations have no real say in corporate decisions. Stockholders have only the power to buy or sell what they own individually.

The big selling point in TV has always been “The Lifestyle.”

Homeowners have to accept the fact that the continued building goes with the territory — the never ending territory. As individuals, homeowners must decide the intrinsic, as well as the economic, value of owning stock in “The Lifestyle” as it changes with the tremendous growth.

(But I must admit that I do not have or understand the need to do the Rah-Rah Routine. Oh well, now my post will disappear.)

Last edited by Boomer; 05-29-2018 at 08:41 AM.