Why is it?
Why is that when a private developer like The Villages builds and operates a community, it seems to thrive. Yet cities, run by elected officials, are in desperate financial straits all across the country.
Here, we have golf courses, pools, recreation centers, good roads, hundreds, if not thousands of houses being built, a fire department with good equipment and many other desirable amenities.
In almost every other community, they are laying off police and fire, raising taxes, cutting services and generally shutting down.
I guess the short answer is that cities run on tax money and The Villages runs on profit from building houses. I'm sure the answer is deeper than that but can cities learn something from The Villages?
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