I moved to Ocala 30+ years ago from Perry, Florida, because I had friends who lived here. It had everything you needed: Stores, restaurants, and beautiful countryside. It was quiet and a beautiful place to live. State Road 200 was two lanes and you didn’t have to worry about over crowding, construction, or traffic accidents every single day.
Now, it’s just a nightmare.
I live in Rolling Hills, off SW Highway 484. When we bought our house, we had two neighbors, both of which were a quarter mile away. Now, there are houses being built and the developers are ripping every single tree down and plopping cookie-cutter homes on the treeless lots or just tearing down trees to sell cleared lots…