Why should you be able to change someone's business into something different when you have no investment in their business? The only thing you spent was the cost of your property. If people would read their covenants and do their research before they buy they would know what they are getting into. The good news is the negativity is the minority view unless of course you believe that all the folks moving here are either ignorant or stupid. The Developers have provided more than an outstanding opportunity for those that are looking for a place to retirement. I've been here 10 years including a rental period.....if you have been here longer then I challenge you to go visit where you came from and see if that place is the same as it was when you left it or has it changed and grown. You might be surprised.

JM, you just can't help some sad people.
I hope the OJ finds happiness.
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I don't know where YOU come from, but on MY planet, property taxpayers and registered voters have a say in matters when someone petitions their town for a zoning change (the lawsuit by the Developer against Lady Lake because the town doesn't want to change the zoning of the commercial district known as Spanish Springs Town Square).

And - I'm not looking for change. I'm looking to PREVENT change. We moved into a specific thing. Obviously there is room for improvement, but there's no need to make it something else. It's like moving into an apartment building and then the owner of the building says "nope it's a condo now, you have to buy it, or move out." Or if they say "we're opening up the entire first floor into a homeless shelter, but you're still obligated to continue paying rent because you signed a lease." Or if you chose to live in the gated exclusive area of the Villages, and suddenly they buy three of the houses in the area and decide to subdivide it into 20 new townhouses.

You don't want to get it. And that's fine. It's not a big deal because it doesn't affect you. When the change happens "in your back yard" (metaphorically speaking) you might think otherwise.

no you didn't.

Socialism?
That is pure US Capitalism at its finest!

Here we go again and again and again......nonsense examples...

The space is not an apartment, no one lives there, no one is being required to buy or move. It's empty space being converted. Look around the USA, many places are converting empty commercial space into living spaces.....warehouses, retail stores, schools, offices building. Great way to take dead property and give it life.

Second silly example.....No one is being required to continue paying on a lease without use of property. The proposed use will be the opposite of a homeless shelter.

No one is buying homes and converting to townhouses. No one lives next to the proposed converted property. A land developer wants to continue to develop.

Maybe you can tie in the Man in the Moon somehow.

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Sorry. Your time is up!

Just ignore all the negativity reguarding the developer, restaurant critics, neighborhood Nellies. They have nothing better to do.
Just enjoy the ride and look for positive people.

Could you please list your sources for the average 60 year old making over $85,000 and the average 60 year old having a net worth of over $1,200,000?

The closest I could find was for 60-64, the Median HOUSEHOLD retirement income was about $70K and the Mean Household retirement income was about $101K...


* Per the US Census Bureau...

average income 60 year old - Google Search

And according to CNBC, the average HOUSEHOLD Net Worth (ages 55-64) is about $1.176 Million...


Here'''s the Average Net Worth of Americans Ages 55 to 64

It was a Google search. Don't have the site saved.

The problem with an “average” is that outliers or numbers that are much lower or higher than the others can throw the average number off and make it an unreliable figure. In the US, income is concentrated at high levels (top 10% for example) and the rest at low and mid levels. These very high income American raise the “average net worth” to a much higher figure than the “average Joe” in America actually has.

A better number where the distribution of incomes is very wide would be the “median” number. This would show that half have more than the median amount and half have less than the median. So in your source they mention that the “average” household net worth of 55-64 year old household is $1.176 Million. Yet the median reported in the same article is much lower and comes in at $212,500. So the median or middle income household in the USA at age 60 has a net worth closer to $212,500 not 1.2 Million. Where there is a wide difference in numbers a median is more accurate than an average. The American in the middle is not a millionaire.