[allenpegg1@gmail.com]

So, what's this all about? Progress? Does anyone have a problem driving a golf cart from TV to Mickey's house???

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by jbrown132

Country clubs require land. Why waste land on golf courses when you can build, build build, build, build more houses. The dream of The Villages, envisioned by Harold Schwartz, and his son is dead. It’s all about the bucks now and you don’t matter.

Most Country Clubs here are just a Restaurant attached to a pro shop. No reason not to share space and personell with recreational facilities,

There is more open land per rooftop south of 44 compared to North.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by allenpegg1@gmail.com

So, what's this all about? Progress? Does anyone have a problem driving a golf cart from TV to Mickey's house???

As long as you dont mind taking a day to do so

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by rmd2

I was told that too.

Surprise

[petiteone]

Originally Posted by rustyp

The Villages VP of Sales Jennifer Parr revealed a few interesting facts in the first day of testimony in a federal trial Monday in federal court in Tampa:

• Parr said under oath that The Villages will double in size and that State Road 44 is now seen by the Morse family as the geographic center of the community.

Operative words: (....State Road 44 is NOW seen). How it is seen next week, or next year may be different.

[Villages Kahuna]

If you want to do a little map-reading, you’ll discover that from CR 42 on the north to the current residential and commercial areas being developed, The Villages is already longer from north to south than the distance from the southern border of Evanston IL to the northern border of Dixmoor IL.

For those of you unfamiliar with the geography that means that The Villages is already longer from a north to south than the City of Chicago!

[drcar]

Originally Posted by algi45

No. The original promise was to stop at 466A! And that we would have a real hospital in that area. And on and on...

If I may ask, who made this promise, and was it in writing?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus

My guess is it evokes a fear that the Villages will eventually break up into more manageable pieces, each with their own amenities and governance.

I'm more curious about what would happen if the next generation of heirs to the Morse family throne decides he doesn't want to deal with the Villages at all, and just gives it up.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by merrymini

My only concern is water. Where are they going to get more of this nonrenewable resource? If you follow the population, they will not be able to maintain the age restriction because the swell of baby boomers will pass and there will not be enough people coming up that can buy here.

We early boomers have kids in their 50's already, there will be plenty of buyers, maybe not 7 new homes per day but they will still sell a lot of them.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by jbrown132

Country clubs require land. Why waste land on golf courses when you can build, build build, build, build more houses. The dream of The Villages, envisioned by Harold Schwartz, and his son is dead. It’s all about the bucks now and you don’t matter.

You do realize they are building more golf courses south of 44, right?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm more curious about what would happen if the next generation of heirs to the Morse family throne decides he doesn't want to deal with the Villages at all, and just gives it up.

By the time that would happen and effect us we will be long gone and our children can deal with it.

More likely the Morse family understands what they have going and hires professional managers and goes on an around the world cruise.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by j_vermilya

I wish they could've asked under oath, wasn't the original promise that the development would stop at 44?

No one “promised” you or anyone else anything !!

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

If you want to do a little map-reading, you’ll discover that from CR 42 on the north to the current residential and commercial areas being developed, The Villages is already longer from north to south than the distance from the southern border of Evanston IL to the northern border of Dixmoor IL.

For those of you unfamiliar with the geography that means that The Villages is already longer from a north to south than the City of Chicago!

No, not really. I even spotted TV a mile or two.

[Joe V.]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

No, not really. I even spotted TV a mile or two.

Doesn't take 6 hours to drive the length of TV though.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by rustyp

In order for RT44 to be the geographic center of TV the southern boundary of your attached map would need to extend approximately 6 miles further south per my rough calculation. Look at that - possibly still room for speculation !

Actually is over ten miles.