[SteveMcKing]

Farm towns get invaded by leftist yuppies all the time.

Small towns turn into big towns, and suddenly have crime and lousy schools to deal with.

Big towns turn into cities, creating ghettos and urban decadence existing side-by-side.


Where ever there is growth - taxes go up, culture is ruined, and values don't exist. And there is traffic. Lots and lots of traffic.

[SC33]

Exactly. I have said that numerous times, and been called a communist in return. People can say what will, it does not affect me.

[pepperhead]

That sums it up pretty well. ;)

[upchuck]

What you said! BUMP!!

Hopefully I live far enough out in the country that I won't be bothered with this for awhile.

[BigBobber]

Well, you've got me confused. Rich people are moving into your town and creating ghettos?

[dufekin]

Regulations designed to stop sprawl and implement smart growth instead generally encourage and even cause sprawl. A city, for example, may decree a minimum lot size of 10 acres with the ostensible purpose of preserving farmland on its fringes. Developers then either use 10-acre lots when they otherwise might put a house on half an acre, or they place neighborhoods beyond the city limits in jurisdictions with more favorable regulations. Both these strategies create sprawl and all its attendant problems.

Families generally want a house to call their own in an area with low crime and good schools, preferably (especially in this era of high gasoline prices) as close to work as possible. If the cities decay into gang-infested ghettos with dysfunctional schools, then non-criminal families of sufficient economic means will move to areas with performing schools outside the gangs' usual range of operations. Most families generally prefer to relocate close, say, three miles away; however, if "green space" and restrictive zoning regulations effectively disallow affordable (reasonably priced) housing within a 30-mile radius of gang central, then families will relocate to the fringes and bear the congestion and commute.