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Originally Posted by TomOB67
NJBlue,
So if I understand this correctly... The Villages has found a way to make its residents of a non-private, non gated community to pay for building everything, right down to the public roads, common areas, and possibly even the town squares through the bonds sold. And then you pay to keep maintaining some of these public access places thru your amenities fees. Is this true?? Wow! Boy they're good.
I understand the problem some people are feeling now...but it sounds the anger is being aimed in the wrong direction.
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No, you don't have it completely correct. The residents did not pay for the Town Squares - the developer continues to own them. As far as the supplemental maintenance of the roads in the numbered districts, this comes from the maintenance addition to our taxes (which is in addition to our amenity fee), which also pays for the landscaping, transportation paths, street lighting, water retention areas, etc.
Whether we are overpaying for what we get or paying the price that is justified for the environment that we want is irrelevant to this discussion. Your logic is akin to a family who spent a lot of money to live in a nice house only to have a freeloading relative come and stay with them long after the period of normal graciousness. Then, when the family starts to complain about it the relative tries to shift the blame to the family having overpaid for the house that they live in. Doesn't work that way.