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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Why are they renting space to all those banks? Well because they have commercial property to rent and they are builders and when they rent property they get money.. Those banks employ people and make Sumter County the lowest in unemployment in the state of Florida at just five percent.
The Morses are pretty smart and pretty darn concerned with us Villagers too, even though they have made a lot of money on us. I think we get a lot of good stuff from the fairly good planning around here, sometimes perfect planning around here.
Banks are a needed part of the framework, please note they don't rent to adult bookstores.
I am defending the Morses again because I love free enterprise and I love how they do it.
It is NOT the death of common sense. It is just not what you wanted.
ANOTHER title for your thread could have been. "I long for a good bakery."
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Well, I sure stirred up the hornet's nest on this one. First, I didn't say I disliked banks, the Morses or The Villages! I love it here!
All I said was that it just doesn't seem very logical to put 6 banks on one corner.
Another responder said that she was glad to see all the banks so some of the older folks could get some social interaction and some cookies and now it makes sense to build them to improve the unemployment situation in Sumter County? This is where this "logic" goes off the rails?
As far as "perfect planning" and "free enterprise" is concerned in the Villages...well I'm not so sure about that.
Why does every town square have the same shops and restaurants (with a few exceptions) and every plaza the same?
I think the Morses have done a great job here, but THEY control everything, THEY decide what commercial entities will be here and THEY decide what THEY think is good for you and me!
That's about as far from "free enterprise" as you can get. Most of which I like which is why I live here, but some of it lacks logic, like 6 banks on one corner!
You're right. I do long for a good bakery. But when I take off my rose colored glasses, my title is correct...it still is: "the death of common sense!"