New York- Hundreds of roads, mass transit, tons of restaurants,business, all ages and huge parks. New York is not privately owned and controlled with one family with closed books etc. etc. etc.
Lets be fair. Not one new road, or town center built since population boom. I see walls and walls now where I use to see fields. More and more expected to squeeze on the same roads, same town centers with less parking. No voice or control ( voting) over growth or population.
I think people who came here early had a nice small town atmosphere with no worry of getting into a sport, exercise class, parking space, chair at the town square, or chair at the pool etc. etc. etc. We knew the developer was trying to keep this a beautiful , place to retire. I fly over the Villages once in a while and it looks like a never ending sea of roofs touching each other.
Lived in suburbs all my life with lots of drive time and didn't want to retire to no parking and crazy traffic like NY city. As I say, I've been here long enough to remember the good old days.
I think if you you come from a busy city, this place is fine. Everything is relative. But if you like to not hear sirens, if you want to find parking, not hear your neighbors and traffic, this place may not be for you.
Like someone said, different strokes for different folks.
I find beauty in many places and good about every place. I liked this place better when I saw fields of buffaloes and it was very friendly.
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