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Originally Posted by rubicon

I am surprised that anyone is surprised that The Villages is so crowded. there was no question in my mind when I first visited The Villages that it was going to be over built. what I didn't anticipate was that the economy would not recover. I believed that when it began getting crowded I would sell and move. However values dropped and I refused to take a financial beating. the summer here began getting crowded two years ago and this crowding will continue as more people move in

The square mileage is small in comparison to population and the infrastructure not updated enough to accommodate traffic. Add to this renters visitors, etc and I feel like a sardine

Feel like a sardine? I'd say this is like sardines:

"Commute times doubled or tripled for many motorists, and crashes closed a pair of interstates during peak travel hours. Congested roadways spanned the metro as drivers struggled with limited visibility and treacherous roads.

Between 5 and 10:30 a.m., Minnesota State Patrol troopers were called to 67 crashes in the metro area, seven of which involved injuries not considered serious or life-threatening. Troopers also responded to more than 100 reports of cars spinning out or running off the road, the patrol said.

Southbound Interstate 35 near U.S. 8 in Forest Lake closed for more than an hour shortly after 9 a.m. so authorities could clear a chain-reaction crash, according to the State Patrol.

Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras showed at least a dozen vehicles involved in the pileup, many swerving into ditches to avoid trucks and semis stalled on the road or involved in previous collisions.

About the same time on the west side of the metro, southbound Interstate 494 was closed for about an hour after another multivehicle crash near Bass Lake Road in Maple Grove.

By early Thursday afternoon, 5.2 inches of snowfall was observed in Fridley, 6.2 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 4.2 inches in Lakeville and more than 3 inches in Forest Lake, according to the National Weather Service."
Winter storm brings snow emergencies, traffic mayhem - TwinCities.com

"It was a messy commute Wednesday morning as snow fell throughout the state.
Statewide, the Minnesota State Patrol handled 175 crashes since midnight as of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. There were also 192 people in the ditch or spun out, and one semi jackknifed. None of the incidents were serious or fatal.

In the Twin Cities metro, troopers handled 137 crashes with 15 injuries.
KSTP Reporter Todd Wilson and Photographer Adam Stevens were driving on Interstate 94 west past the Lowry Tunnel when they came upon a couple of spin-outs – only to get in a crash themselves."

State Patrol Responds to Hundreds of Crashes | KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul