Effects of rapid growth south of 44
 

I've only live here for a couple of years and like the lifestyle & amenities. What I'm seeing now is totally different than what I imagined. With 60,000 new homes being built will the roads handle the volume of traffic? Will there be more pressure on the current championship courses since not enough new ones are being built? Will it be crowded year round from now on? I'm curious how many people have said enough and are moving out elsewhere. Seems like its all about greed.

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Well its already ratcheting up golf demand. When I moved here 4 years ago I could easily find a tee time....this past winter was the worst ever....especially with recreational facilities limited.....there were people out on the golf courses with no golf skills...just joyriding, taking a few swings and swigging from their cart cooler....

(a) Been here for a couple years, what are you seeing that is totally different??? Over the last two years there have been 5,000 new homes, a lot going to non-fulltime home owners. Less than a 10% increase.


(b) It's Florida. :ohdear: Again, less than a 10% increase. What were you expecting?? The Villages is much better than other populated areas in Florida.



(c) The plan for TV has not changed in the last two years since you purchased. The volume of players going forward is an unknown. Many people are coming to TV that are not coming for Championship golf.


(d) Very few.


(e) Oh, I get it now. First post, bringing up the greed word. Old-time poster, new log-on.:1rotfl:



I agree with Bille :popcorn::popcorn:

The issue is not golfers, it's number of holes available. A lot of holes have been shutdown during this snow season. As you play, notice the number of Villages golf carts on the courses.............not many at all.......this is an indication of golfers from the new South. Very difficult to find any.


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I’ve been here since 2000 and have moved as the villages had moved . .I love the growth and mostly the family has down it well . The more people the more options for entertainment, doctors , outdoor activities , we all have choices , I think some people on here have the mind set that everything was better in the old days whether in the villages or where they came from
. Well the old days were just that the old days . I’m 81 and embrace change the villages is much more fun then in 2000 and will probably more fun in 2030 I can hardly wait

We have been here four years. We go to the Southern area at least 3 ties a week and what we see is much, much better than we ever imagined.

In fact, today we will probably go down to Bradford for a long walk.

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So, you're not a new villager ("been here four years") yet you're thinking about walking around in Bradford. You will be trespassing, no other way to say it. You've been here long enough to know that in any under-construction village there are barriers with signs, "NO TRESPASSING" plain and simple but I guess that doesn't apply to you. Shame on you!

Do not start, ON YOUR 2nd POST, talking about The Developers being greedy. You moved here to the place that they built, did you not? Did you imagine that building was going to stop after you bought your home? Didn't think so.

Do you whiners ever jump on Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates or any of the other billionaires of the world for continuing to build on what they started? Didn't think so.

Chill, Michael. He was kidding. Maybe someone will try to sell him a house.

Been snowbirding20+ years in TV, and a few things we have noticed.
1. Facilities gets busy when we arrive.
2. Facilities are lot emptier when we leave.
3. The argument about the greedy developer has been going on since the second house was built.

Well said!

Barriers are down in Bradford

The lack of new Executive and Championship golf courses south of 44 is a joke. It is all about roof tops.