Originally Posted by
d-usa
To be fair, Disney went to Orlando exactly because there was nothing there. And they didn't go to Orlando, they went to a place where there was absolutely nothing and created the Reedy Creek Improvement District by using shell companies to buy the land on the cheap and to avoid having to be in the jurisdiction of anyone other than that of Disney himself and the State of Florida rather than any city.
Walt Disney World is not inside of any city, it is an actual legitimate district that provides fire protection services, emergency medical services, roads, and utilities. It really is an interesting case of avoiding any sort of NIMBYs by creating their very own backyard.
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