[pepperdog]

Wise advice, unfortunately I doubt it will be taken.

[jboot]

You are right. Local governments live and die by their tax base. More people = more money. The exurbs just grow and grow.

My own home county recently changed their official motto from "First in Farming" to "A Place to Call Home." Despite being Republican-controlled for a generation they are clearly content with being nothing more than a place where federal workers can lay thier fat heads. I don't know one person under 40 who is still farming.