A Terrible Waste

I look around at the constant growth that goes on around Fleming Island and I am disgusted by the things I see. Why is it deemed necessary to keep building such useless things like more shopping centers? Why? The spaces sit empty for months and when they do get bought out it's for something completely pointless like another nail salon.  And along seventeen, why  do they feel the need to crowd  it with churches?  I have nothing against religion but there has to be a line drawn somewhere when you have two baptist churches on the same  side of the street not even two miles apart.  Someone clearly has no idea how to space things  out properly  so they don't look absolutely ridiculous.  Pretty soon  it'll no longer be named  US Highway 17 but something  like Heaven's Highway.  On another note, does Fleming Island really need TWO Publixes and Walgreens? The answer is  a very plain  no.  Are people so lazy that they can't drive the  scant  amount of time it takes to drive to the already existing  Publix and Walgreens?  Or is it simply a lack of imagination on the part of those who control the spending and  construction that goes on?  I am getting sick of seeing  things that in all honesty aren't adding  to the community. They are making it stagnant and stale by adding things it already has  in excess to the point where it will  make people reflect upon it negatively.  Sure, they've built things like a Kohls and Michaels  but  so what?  They haven't built  anything else that "innovative"  or fresh in  a while. Is it so wrong that they might consider building something that the community could use like a book store  or even a best buy.  These would draw more people in and not make them turn away shaking their heads  in disappointment. 

I am sick of seeing land torn up for the pointless and useless. Something needs to change before the island becomes overrun with empty strip malls and nail salons. I can't be the only one who sickened by such wanton use of money.