A city of 20,000 homes, one million sf of offices, 5,000 hotel rooms, 3,500 timeshare units and a population of 50,000 is slowly becoming reality on about 20,000 acres in the Orlando International Airport perimeter.
Grazing cows, wild turkeys, deer and sandhill cranes that have survived in the area for hundreds of years will be forced out by mechanical cranes and backhoes.
Some longtime residents will be leaving as well. They don't like it but no one has come up with an idea on how to stall the growth, or at least be able to live with it comfortably.
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