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Originally Posted by biker1
Since The Villages grows by about 5000 people per year, and has been growing at that rate for several years, the population will not double in 5 years. The current population of The Villages is closer to 120,000. The hospital also supports the surrounding areas. I am not sure how many additional people that is. Regardless, the population will not double in 5 years. The new facilities being built in Brownwood will shoulder some of the burden. Do you actually live here?
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It was a hypothetical, because I don't know the actual numbers. Apply the actual numbers and the result is equally valid. There are more people now than there were when the hospital was built. The hospital was built to accommodate the total count of people living in the area, at that point in time. Applying simple math tells me that however many more people need to be included in "the number of people accommodated by this hospital" needs to be increased, while the actual "number of people who CAN be accommodated by this hospital" has remained relatively stable.
As such - the hospital can no longer sustain the population, because there are more people needing to be sustained than when it was built.