The surprising part about Washtenaw County is that it's still mostly rural, with or without the greenbelts. Large multi-acre lots aren't uncommon away from the main development areas. Anything west of Dexter or Saline is all rural outside of Chelsea or Manchester. South of Ann Arbor or Ypsi is rural east of Saline until Milan. Farms still border Ann Arbor to the north going past my area until Whitmore Lake. Salem is mostly rural, still. Most of the building is in Scio, Pittsfield, or Superior Townships. Northfield has some by Whitmore Lake.
A lot of the new building is instead over in Dundee, Plymouth, Canton, South Lyon, or Livingston County
Take a ride down 94 from Ann Arbor to Kalamazoo. Most of it is very rural and the I-94 corridor the most heavily populated swath across the state.
The utter stupidity of the whole thing is amazing. We’re going to buy up farmland and let it return to wilderness while they talk about farming in Detroit.