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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
If you look at the properties within the current Villages moving from north to south you see a lot more open/green spaces and less density in the housing. The roads are wider with additional boulevard and shoulder grass areas. The reasons for this seem pretty obvious, money, these areas all cost to build and take away from the number of units available for sale. Earlier on, when the business wasn't as big and financially robust unit sales drove cash flow. As The Villages has grown (substantially) the ability to shift from quantity to quality has become apparent; simply drive down Morse Blvd from north to south and you see substantial changes.
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Interesting comment concerning "open/space." Even though the houses in The Villages are tightly packed - golf courses, wetlands and the broad corridors that are Buena Vista and Morse Blvds create a sense of expansiveness. Leave your neighborhood, hit a primary road and you almost feel like you are out in the country.
Both Buena Vista & Morse will be ending. The two primary boulevards will be Meggison and Marsh Bend (and maybe Corbin Trail). It will be interesting to see how broad those corridors end up being and how much open area is adjacent to them. That is, will the drive be as impressive as Buena Vista and Morse?
The drive along Morse from 466 to 466a is amazing. Although the Developer continues to be creative, I don't think they can duplicate the Morse drive. Hopefully, they have a desire to do just that along these new boulevards.
On the golf course side of "expansiveness," there doesn't seem to be very many planned for the area south of Brownwood and the recently approved phases of development. If not, hopefully stands of trees and wetlands are planned to serve that purpose. (I think Chitty Chatty has a lot of that - but no golf course.)
Don't know why I bring this up. I'm sure everything has already been planned out (thinking back to the road map in your first post).