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If it's left to the residents of Fruitland Park I doubt if this will fly. This is too much growth way too quickly. Fruitland Park residents, some of whom come from families who have lived there for generations will be giving up control of their hometown in a matter of months, once the construction begins. Some of you may have noticed but many locals have an intense dislike for Villagers. You can call it jealousy, resentment, prejudice or whatever but this feeling is real. Even other transplants from the north dislike us. I actually spend a good deal of time in activities out of TV and am a member of outside organizations and while locals may like us as individuals, they tend to dislike most everything about The Villages starting with the perception of a heavy handed developer changing their slice of Florida and the way they live. This may be real or it may be a classic example of ethnocentrism. In any case, there's a strong anti-Villages bias in the local community and I doubt if they feel they need an influx of 4000 new outsiders to make their community wonderful. Most likely they're comfortable the way things are and would have a different word to describe what a developer or outsiders call progress.