[tomwed]

Originally Posted by pauld315

I thought The Villages was out of land to build on with about 55000 homes (approx 110000 residents) or has that changed ?

I thought so too but I don't remember the source of that information. I think my realtor told me. That's why it seemed important to buy before everything was gone and got very expensive. No regrets.

[NavyVet]

It takes me 25 minutes (by automobile) to get to the VA Clinic and I'm not even south of 466A. Try telling all the Veterans here, as well as many seniors who have lots of medical appointments and such, that anything over 15 minutes drive is non-essential, elective travel. It's not about being convenient to your favorite restaurant/golf course/bar; it's that TV is so large and spread out that a number of villages are quite a distance from anything IMPORTANT. Just saying.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by pauld315

I thought The Villages was out of land to build on with about 55000 homes (approx 110000 residents) or has that changed ?

According to the developer's sales people, you better hurry and buy your house in TV before the build out is completed any day, and prices for resales go through the roof.

[outlaw]

Before I bought in TV, I talked to a man who had moved 5 times within TV in about 6 or 10 years (don't remember exactly the number of years). Anyway, he advised me that the most important thing is to decide WHERE to live in TV because it is so big, you could spend a lot of time going and coming to your places of interest and activities if you choose the wrong area. I think it's like any medium size municipality. You tend to narrow your "acceptable" locations to areas that provide the most overall conveniences for your particular interests.

[funnygirl]

Are you sure the developer is going to keep on buying land and building?

[Fred R]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

In 2030 worry about being on the right side of the grass

The best response I've seen yet. Three cheers.

[Justus]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

Do you really care what Europeans think about it? Not sure we should care what they think, they can't even run their own continent

Thank you!

[tomwed]

In 2030 we will not have much of an electric bill if we install solar panels.
Sunroof is a Google project. https://www.google.com/get/sunroof/about/
Google takes on all sorts of problems and tries to solve them.

Using the data they gather from Google Earth Google can predict what your payback period will be if you install solar panels for electricity. Right now the software only works in Boston and the San Fran area but some people's payback period is 8 years according to a podcast I heard from TWIT [this week in technology] https://twit.tv/.

They say by next year the software will be available for the entire country.

Wouldn't this be a great area for solar power? What would the resale value of your home be if you didn't have an electric bill? Could the villages also be there own cable and internet provider? We are in a unique community where most people own their own homes and we do not support a school system. How to we leverage that power like the Morse's did for our mutual benifit?

[2BNTV]

I realize this thread was started as a bit of whimsy but..................

I don't see the developer having that mush land nor would they destroy the beauty of TV, with a mass transit system. IMHO

I am more concerned about being alive in 2030!!!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

You can blame these fine ladies who are my advisors. I met with them today on Scioto Street in Urbana. One just moved back to Urbana, Ohio from having spent over 30 years in the Villages and will be 100 very soon. Another, also from Urbana has been full time in the Villages for the past 20 years and the newbie to the Villages is my wife.

I know that most could care less about this topic. However, those in power should be thinking about this issue as it will take many, many years to accomplish reducing the gridlock that can occur with continual large population influxes to any one area of the country.

Do you have information to the effect that those in power are not thinking about this issue?

It seems to me that with few exceptions, the powers that be have done a great job in planning this place. There's nothing to make me believe that they won't continue to do so in the future.

[twoplanekid]

I believe that the developer group is as focused on an outerbelt as they are on having an airport in the Villages. My point is that it takes one a lot of time to travel from one end to the other in the Villages as is. If we would see an increase in the size of the Villages by 50% in 15 years, this drive would become even more painful. The developer probably does not have any better crystal ball to see into the future than we do.

It would be nice to make Micro Racetrack to Rolling Acers a partial outerbelt to travel at higher speeds and without roundabouts. I use it now as is but may not as many people in the new build area will discover this short cut.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

I believe that the developer group is as focused on an outerbelt as they are on having an airport in the Villages. My point is that it takes one a lot of time to travel from one end to the other in the Villages as is. If we would see an increase in the size of the Villages by 50% in 15 years, this drive would become even more painful. The developer probably does not have any better crystal ball to see into the future than we do.

It would be nice to make Micro Racetrack to Rolling Acers a partial outerbelt to travel at higher speeds and without roundabouts. I use it now as is but may not as many people in the new build area will discover this short cut.

The Morses are quietly behind the scenes, thinking and planning. I believe that they have thought of almost every possibility and have in their employ or at their fingertips, people whose exclusive job it is to be a Civic Planner. This place did NOT get to be this level of perfection without much planning and hiring the right people to do the job and earmarking the funds to do it out of their OWN pockets..


I don't see any of us needing to help the Morses think about the future of this wonderful monument to their lives work.

I get the sense that you think it would be better if we all could vote on decisions...and I do not agree with you.

[TheVillageChicken]

If I am doing any travelling in 2030, it will just be my ashes in the wind.

[twoplanekid]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I get the sense that you think it would be better if we all could vote on decisions...and I do not agree with you.

As this great nation of ours is a republic, I would tend to agree with your assessment of my beliefs. However, this should not and does not take away anything of how the Villages have been developed.

It�s a great place and many only need a few tweaks in the future to be made even better.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

I believe that the developer group is as focused on an outerbelt as they are on having an airport in the Villages. My point is that it takes one a lot of time to travel from one end to the other in the Villages as is. If we would see an increase in the size of the Villages by 50% in 15 years, this drive would become even more painful. The developer probably does not have any better crystal ball to see into the future than we do.

It would be nice to make Micro Racetrack to Rolling Acers a partial outerbelt to travel at higher speeds and without roundabouts. I use it now as is but may not as many people in the new build area will discover this short cut.

What's the hurry?