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Originally Posted by Pturner
It has long fascinated me how people move to trendy, rapidly-growing area and want to close the gate behind them. This phenomenon is not unique to TV, it happens all over the country. Heck, it probably happens all over the developing world.
Original Villagers never dreamed TV would cross 441. Later Villagers didn't envision it crossing 446. Still later, many villagers wrung their hands over the expansion below 446a. Now, true to form, many Villagers both above and below 446a lament the proposed expansion into Fruitland Park.
Me? I welcome the would-be future residents of proposed The Villages of Fruitland Park, along with the new amenities to which we'll all have access.
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I think your narrative is faulty. I don't know of anyone who wrung their hands about any of the expansions that were part of the original plan. Perhaps for the VERY early Villagers the expansion was a surprise, but with that expansion came positive things like town centers and the shared amenities grew with the population.
It was always made perfectly clear to future buyers that the expansion would continue until the land owned down to Rt 44 was completed. Anyone who wrung their hands about this has nobody but themselves to blame.
This situation is different. A better analogy is buying into a health club or country club where the sellers tell you that membership will be capped at a certain figure. However, as that maximum number is approached, they decide to sell additional memberships. Would anyone complaining about that be accused of "wanting to close the door on a good thing"?