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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus
OBB, so that’s really your only objection? You don’t see how apartments could spell the demise of live music in the square closest to our ‘hood?
You of all people are a keen observer of the “human nature” and business acumen I described elsewhere on this thread.
You don’t see this as a domino affect contemplated by the developer for some time, culminating in the eventual splintering of The Villages? Think of it as this week’s essay question!
Perhaps I’m way off base, but I gotta say the dots are connecting conspicuously. Just a coincidence?
I value your input, especially as a fellow denizen of the historic district.
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It's not an objection, because I don't know if they are planning on building garages for golf carts or not. It's a concern. It's a condition that would make me object, if I knew the concern was not met.
I'm concerned that tenants might complain about the music, and that the property owner would be stuck with a lot of vacancies because people aren't going to want to live somewhere that they can't just shut the sound out. The property owner has no prior experience in city rentals. I lived in an apartment over a blues club. No one who lived there slept until after 2am when the club closed for the night. I don't think this is going to go how the developer is hoping it will go.
But no, I'm not worried at all about the music being halted as a result of tenants. I'm more worried about continued vacancies as a result of the music
The reason my concern is opposite of what you'd expect, is because I also know that vacancies = vagrancies. The last thing we need are squatters breaking into vacant apartments because there's no doorman, no security, the entire square shuts down after 10pm so there's no one to tell someone NOT to break in.
Security of tenants and their property is my biggest concern. If they can't address that, then I object to the project. If they can address it, then I'm fine with it. I imagine the bedrooms will be facing the back of the buildings, not the front. I honestly don't think noise of the squares is going to be a big problem, unless the tenants choose to make it a problem.