First, let me point out that I'm the person who started a thread here several months ago asking if people in Fenney felt like they were getting the "full villager experience" due to being further away and not yet connected to the rest of TV. That thread quickly got construed into me "bashing" Fenneyites for not being "real villagers". Okay, so fast forward to now - I, myself, am a Fenneyite - we moved down here in April into a 3 month rental and on our 4th day here we bought a Veranda home in Fenney. For the record, we love it here. We are amazed at the growth and change we see on a daily basis and are looking forward to the day we can jump on our golf cart and go to the grocery store or take a ride up to Brownwood and beyond. We bought here even after hearing the rumors about the ground shaking from quarry blasting and hearing PA announcements from the prison. We moved in on May 21st, so this week marks our 3rd month of full time living in Fenney. I have NEVER heard anything that sounds like a PA announcement, period! As for the quarry, I have felt one "blast" in 3 months. So, on with the facts:
- They do NOT cause any damage first of all, at least not that I have experienced or heard of.
- I did NOT hear the blast, I only felt it
- It lasted about 1.5 seconds and was enough to get my attention but quickly realized what it was and went about my business as usual. I would compare it to a thunderstorm when it feels like you are right in the middle of it, except it doesn't last as long, obviously
- My understanding is that, when they blast, they do it during daytime hours so it's not like you are going to get surprised in the middle of the night by one
- Though their permit allows them to blast up to 5 times per month (if I remember correctly), they don't do it anywhere near that often
Now, all that said, I find it hard to believe a sales rep didn't know about the quarry. I suppose it's plausible, but I have my doubts. It has been brought up here on TOTV many times and I believe it has also been in the news though possibly not TV newspaper. Best case, that rep doesn't have very good knowledge of the area and I might seek out someone else to work with.
It won't take 10 years, as someone posted, for Fenney to be a great location within TV. Actually, it already is, but if you look at the work in progress and the expansion that is already being planned, you will find that Fenney will not be on the "outskirts" of TV at all. Road improvements are being made as we speak. Tunnels and bridges for golf cart connectivity are being built, as we speak. A forth "town square" has been announced (though not the time frame and location yet). The most unexpected benefit I have found from being here is the proximity to highway 301. That allows us to go up and down the west side of TV and avoid the roundabouts and just "dive in" depending on where we are going. If we want to go to the Brownwood area, we just dive in on 44. If we are going further north, we can turn in on 466A or up to 466. If we are leaving the bubble, we are very close to the turnpike to jump on and head to Orlando, or I-75 towards Tampa and beyond.
I'm guessing none of the above gives the impression that we are disappointed that we bought in Fenney. That is because we are not. And that is coming from a couple that had no plans to buy in Fenney whatsoever. We had rented a CYV in the Brownwood area in hopes of finding a pre-owned home somewhere in that area or over in Pine Ridge, Pine Hills, Osceola Hills. That lasted less than a week until we found a home we loved right here in Fenney.
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