We can blame the developer all we want about pressures, timing, where they built, how they built, when and if they will stop and the impact on people that moved here.
My only thought is this: The Villages is one of the fastest growing areas if not the fastest in many stats in the nation in new/prior home sales and people. It also has very good employment levels, AND pays ALOT of taxes to the local governments AND the state. Much of this area was farm land prior to TV. Look at the shopping and commercial areas around you and being built. Look at how nice everything is kept up such as county roads, and expanding.
Here is the debatable issue: Do you think for ONE MINUTE that the state will want the developer to STOP building and move on? They will incur high unemployment benefit payouts, loss of additional revenue in property taxes, less buying since all the workers will leave without jobs, companies going under, etc. The land around here is probably going to be bought up by the state, (an eminent domain type of thing) as much probably has in the past, and giving at a good price to the developer to continue. I have to believe the government is somewhat smart knowing their return is far too high to let it all go.
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