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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

What are you even talking about, and what does it have to do with my post, which you quoted?

There's also a difference between "low income housing" and "affordable housing." In addition, there are a few homes in the Historic section going for $400,000. What does any of this have to do with poorer medical services? An influx of FAMILY housing options means more doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners, who aren't ready to retire, finding places they can live near their place of employment.

Nowhere in my post do I say, hint, imply, that I thought 800+ units on this under-400-acre property is a good idea. But if I was the OWNER of the property, and didn't want to continue using it as an equestrian venue, but was interested in helping the community fill the VERY large need (as you have said) of supplying non-retired people into professional jobs - and the county said "nope, you can't do it" - I'd probably just ditch the property. I'd sell the horses, close the restaurant, fire all the employees, and let the bank have it rather than be required to maintain it, pay taxes on it.

On the other hand, I wouldn't have asked for an 800-unit community. I would've gone much smaller, and kept part of it as a resort-style RV camp. The rest of it would be single family homes sold with no private rentals allowed, and a few townhouse apartment buildings with no sublets allowed, with minimum 1-year leases.

In other words - if you want to rent space for a season or short-term in this property, you can bring your RV or camper to a designated area. If you want to LIVE in the area, you have to commit to living here.

That would be what I'd have done, instead of trying to turn it into a mini Water Oak.

Yeah, top notch medical practitioners are knocking each other over to move to The Villages.