[handyman]

I hope you are right,Indy

[justjim]

All the growth taking place right now is between 466A and 44. It's fairly "quite" in the north end of TV. A person moving here might want to consider that area of TV if you want to stay away from all the development. Just a thought.

[2BNTV]

Every newly developed area has to have patienence, so the supporting businesses, can be brought to the area. Brownwood has not finished all established businesses, to support that area.

It seems to me that most people want the businesses to go in first, so when the houses are built and sold, they will have all the conveniences they need immediately. Colony has been overtaxed with residents shopping at Publix, for quite some time.

I don't agree this is a hardship, but an inconvenience, that requires patience.
Don't forget the dust will be kicking up, when new construction begins, so we have to wait until the dust settles.

[uprivergirl]

I can only laugh about the traffic in TV. Come to Ca. if you want to see real traffic, but than again you better wait until the fires are out. Please don't shut out the people that want to be frogs when they are retired, We deserve the happiness and lifestyle of the Villages. You are all so lucky to be living the lifestyle now that the Villages has to offer.

[bfdretired]

Originally Posted by uprivergirl

I can only laugh about the traffic in TV. Come to Ca. if you want to see real traffic, but than again you better wait until the fires are out. Please don't shut out the people that want to be frogs when they are retired, We deserve the happiness and lifestyle of the Villages. You are all so lucky to be living the lifestyle now that the Villages has to offer.

coming from chicago land and traffic and cold I agree and cant wait!

[Christine G]

Well said! We are new residents and this place is heaven!

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

I identify with your post. My family moved here in 1953. My travel from Tampa to DeLand, where I went to Stetson U., was on 301 and then back roads through towns like Groveland, Howie-in-the-Hills and Eustis.

Orlando was "The City Beautiful" and Walt Disney World wasn't even a gleam in Walt's eye.

Over on U.S. 1 north of Daytona Beach there was a big water tank with trained dolphins in it called "Marineland" and Ocala's Silver Springs was Ross Allen's Reptile Institute where they milked rattlesnakes and let you touch small alligators. (Marineland Dolphin Adventure still exists in St. Augustine.)

The other big attractions were Cypress Gardens, where you could see "Water Ski Shows Daily" and Weeki Wachee Springs, the "Home of Live Mermaids."

And they actually had a major automobile race, The Daytona 500, right on the beach.

Yep, we were pretty well built out when it came to attractions and amusements. At least we thought so. Look at it today. We would never have believed it.

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I also moved to Florida in 1953 (May) to Miami. I started 6th grade there. Everyone spoke english then. I remember all the attractions you spoke of and remember visiting the Disney Preview Center where they showed you a model of where and what Disney World would be. We didn't have interstates and the Florida Turnpike hadn't opened yet.

[Gat0r]

Originally Posted by Christine G

Well said! We are new residents and this place is heaven!

You haven't played with Jane and i yet.

[l2ridehd]

There will always be change and growth. However the OP made one very valid point and concern. The golf cart crossing coming off Morse into Colony Plaza and the tunnel under 466a is going to get someone killed. It is one of the most dangerous golf cart intersections in The Villages. Maybe there needs to be a tunnel, of a traffic light, or vehicle traffic only allowed to enter off 466a, but something has to change. And adding another 2000 or some number of carts around that (some households have two) will just increase the problem.

Someone will be killed at that intersection if changes are not made. I think the OP made a very valid concern on that issue.

[hdandydon]

At the Colony Boulevard crossing it is already and accident waiting to happen.
Address the situation by stopping the overloading of areas already congested.

[villagerjack]

"As many of you know during the month's that our "snowbird" friends are vacationing here the traffic and the pedestrian traffic in the Town Squares and the shopping areas has become short of unbearable and unsafe." ....I am a seasonal resident....I do not VACATION here, I move temporarily to my second home....I do not find anything about The Villages to be unbearable.....if I did I would sell my home, an option available to all in this Great Country. What ever happened to "Count your blessings"?