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Originally Posted by Two Bills
.......and one day the present newer areas will have the aging population.
Oldie pass on, and younger ones replace.
A bit like any city or town
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As it should be.
I would watch the time-on-market of pre-owned homes as an indication of a problem. As long as there are new buyers and areas maintain their population the Villages will survive. If there is too little to draw new buyers into older areas and then too few customers to support the businesses then the area will begin to die out.
As far as businesses in the squares go, competition and turnover can be a good thing. Spanish Springs sits on the heavily commercialized 27/441. With that kind of competition it is really no wonder that businesses struggle to exist in a high-rent area, especially with frugal customers who make a sport out of complaining.
World of Beer recently closed in Spanish Springs but they also closed 13 other locations and filed for bankruptcy. That company had issues beyond the size of its customer base in the northern part of the Villages.
Sonny's closed in Lake Sumter but have there been several other closures there?