Originally Posted by OldDave
(Post 615505)
Good morning fellow rumor mongers! Don't you just love it. (I don't know why some folks here don't want rumors posted. We wouldn't have anything to talk about it they weren't, lol)
First, I agree with Gracie, despite all my questioning of EVERYTHING, there is nothing wrong with the growth this company is doing as long as they handle it well; and handling it well is judged by sales, and the satisfaction of existing owners. (btw, Gracie, what are you doing posting at 3 in the morning girl?) Someone complained, I think in another thread that TV kept building, but wasn't building any new golf courses. Perhaps I'm missing something but to my eye it seems they are building lots of new courses south of 466A. There seem to be more pools, rec centers, etc, especially compared to north of 466.
As to rumors, let me point out something from the world we all love so much, politics. Trial balloons are a staple of politics. You spread a rumor just to see how it flies. After much research you'll see that many, if not most political rumors are started either by the party involved for the trial balloon purpose, or unfortunately the other side just to do damage. I wouldn't see how the developer would benefit from the latter.
So much of what you hear may be rooted in fact, at least in the early planning stages. It doesn't mean it's actually going to happen. I know we all want Macy's, etc. However, we suffer from an unusual problem, we are the wrong demographic for many stores. Clothing is bought mostly by my 19 year old daughter. (I don't mean all 19 year olds, I mean mine specifically is buying most of the clothes in the country!!!) We cannot offer that to them. They not only sell most of their clothes to younger people, they can get away with higher markups on trendy brands. Say one thing for us old folks, we know how to look at a price tag. And I don't know this for sure, but I remember someone saying TV insists on owning the land and just leasing it to these kind of businesses. Someone said that's why Walmart if so far west, because they wouldn't agree to this. Honestly I don't know if it's true, but it would certainly disuade some companies.
Also, someone mentioned the 900 acre rumor. Several days ago no one could prove that TV was NOT done expanding. We had a great thread about moving south of Lake Deaton. Just rumors. Within three days it was announced that TV had bought new land next to the lake and were building 350 new homes. So, whether trial balloons or leaked info, rumor almost always has some level of fact behind it.
As to the 900 acres across from the library. 900 acres would be around 1 mile by 1.5 miles. In looking at that field via Google Maps, it is no where near that big. Maybe 120 acres. Of course the 900 acres wouldn't have to be all in one piece. The only continuous spot I see, within Sumter County, near the southern expansion is between 44 and the turnpike and between 468 and the Lake County line. On Google it is mostly just woodlands. Of course these pictures are sometimes a couple of years old. This one shows housing being built almost to the north edge of Lake Deaton, and road building to and around Brownwood, but no building construction. So, it's probably between one and two years old.
So we can continue to watch, listen and speculate. I frankly don't mind it, because this affects all of us, residents, snow.... and wantabes alike.
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