From what I understand Lake County is the problem. Sumter County has been welcoming and supportive of the expansion of The Villages, and has reaped all sorts of benefits including an ever expanding tax base, a population surge that has demographically changed the county (older and better educated and financially secure), an exceptional charter school, hospital/healthcare expansion, road improvements, and the list goes on and on. Lake County has been reluctant to allow The Villages to expand, and Marion County is similar. I seriously doubt that anything will change in regard to Lake County, and The Villages should just expand further into Sumter County.
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