[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

You can get a larger reverse mortgage.

Just call BR-549. BR-549 - YouTube

[La lamy]

Sure glad I was introduced to TV. I was very happy to tweak my retirement plans from the west cost of Florida to TV!!!

[champion6]

Originally Posted by kansasr

The Villages MSA is just all of Sumter County

[Holpat39]

Originally Posted by wirenail444

I have lived here over 10 years and I see the growth as more traffic congestion, more pollution, and higher taxes. The Villages is losing it's initial charm. The only one benefiting from the growth is the developer who is becoming ever richer and more arrogant in his dealings with the community. Growth in of itself is not a good thing unless it is accompanied by tangible benefits. What are those benefits for the current home owners?

So when you bought here you weren't worried about the growth. I've been here 20 years and do not begrudge anyone wanting to enjoy The Village lifestyle. They should also have the opportunity to enjoy living here. They too will be wondering about the growth in a few years as you do now but so what they will enjoy what they have now and if not happy in a few years they can move on.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Velvet

When you take money from people (and my property tax increase was 25% much more than $200) and a lot of money is made partly as a result of that money, it is reasonable for them to ask what will happens next. To me it looks like the new found money now, as price of property has increased so much and as a result the property tax from them, is used to reduce the rise in impact fees and not give some back to the owners who contributed.

Comparing our TV case to New York, Miami or China is irrelevant in my opinion. Yes, we are going to smart about this and it is not going away until something is done to correct it. And I already saw some very small steps taken in that direction.

Re: comparing the villages to New York, Miami or China.
Perhaps, my view of most things. A definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Same as my view of history. We do not need to make all mistakes like they are new. We can easily see how they work elsewhere and/or what was the result where it has been tried.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Holpat39

So when you bought here you weren't worried about the growth. I've been here 20 years and do not begrudge anyone wanting to enjoy The Village lifestyle. They should also have the opportunity to enjoy living here. They too will be wondering about the growth in a few years as you do now but so what they will enjoy what they have now and if not happy in a few years they can move on.

The good old days. First of all what was, is distorted by memory which is selective.
I have movie proof. We have 16mm home movies of me, my sister, my parents and grandparents from when I was about five. I think they were taken by my uncle. We never had a 16mm projector so I had never seen them. I recently had them transferred to DVD. The movies show clearly how little of what I remember from the good old days j was not really like that. Simple classic, the snow was much deeper in the old days.
Hum, when you are three foot tall the snow is deeper.

[Lottoguy]

In case you missed it, here is the segment that was shown on "Good Morning Orlando" this morning. Fastest community in the USA.

The Villages - Fastest Growing in USA - YouTube

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

In case you missed it, here is the segment that was shown on "Good Morning Orlando" this morning. Fastest community in the USA.

Now Mr. Midnight was fast. I don't know about the rest of us.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

Now Mr. Midnight was fast. I don't know about the rest of us.

Love it! LOL

Originally Posted by KRMACK55

Very true. Also it’s not the fastest growing this decade it’s only the FIRST year of a decade and more people moved to Georgia than Florida. When the medical Healthcare around here hits critical mass with the inability to have decent healthcare lots of people will move

For the first time Lakewood Ranch sold more homes than TV last year. Personally I prefer TV.

[rpalumberi]

Originally Posted by NoMo50

The fact that The Villages continues to grow, and the Developer continues to develop, simply means one thing...there are TONS of people who want to move here. It also means a certain small percentage of those folks moving here are going to complain about everything, and anything. These are the people who would complain of indigestion if they were given a free meal. They would no doubt be complaining no matter where they lived.

I have yet to meet a single person who confessed to having a gun held to his or her head to sign papers to move to The Villages. All of the information regarding tax rates, fees, utility costs, cost of living, etc is readily available to anyone who wishes to do even a modest amount of research. And please don't start on the well-worn diatribe about the "greedy developer." I, for one, am very happy that the developer is making a profit. That is why they are in business, and that is what will allow them to continue to provide us with this wonderful place we have chosen to call home.

No, I do not work for The Villages. We are simply a couple who made an informed decision to move here, and have been very happy with that decision. There are many more coming, and I am happy for them, and hope that their decision fulfills their retirement dreams. If someone is truly unhappy about being here, houses are selling like hotcakes, and no one is holding a gun to your head making you stay.

Rant over. Be happy, be healthy, be safe...enjoy life!

We agree one-hundred percent.

[rpalumberi]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

I hate taxes just as much as everyone, but lower taxes usually means less services.
At the end of the day the same people that are complaining about taxes, will be the loudest voices complaining of declining services.

We agree one-hundred percent.

[rpalumberi]

Originally Posted by Fredster

Where I came from in Illinois, this is what’s happening!

“Illinois recorded a seventh straight year of population loss, but the drop was historic – 79,487 residents from July 2019 to July 2020, the most since World War II and the second largest of any state in raw numbers or percentage of population.”

While The Villages is growing and adding population for very good reasons.
I also cringe that there are people that come here from Illinois, NY, NJ, CA that want to change The Villages and Florida into what they came from.

This is a definite concern of ours as well. This is what has happened to Arizona where we almost moved to - we have dear friends in Gilbert, AZ who understand why we changed our plans.

[Lottoguy]

Here is what Good Day Orlando said about The Villages.
The Villages - Fastest Growing in USA - YouTube

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Fredster

Where I came from in Illinois, this is what’s happening!

“Illinois recorded a seventh straight year of population loss, but the drop was historic – 79,487 residents from July 2019 to July 2020, the most since World War II and the second largest of any state in raw numbers or percentage of population.”

While The Villages is growing and adding population for very good reasons.
I also cringe that there are people that come here from Illinois, NY, NJ, CA that want to change The Villages and Florida into what they came from.

Mind boggling to me that the so called leadership in Illinois is watching this drop in population and does absolutely nothing to stop it by removing the reasons people are leaving.