[Rhodes22-list] Rural Expansion: Ugggg

[Tatflies at cs.com]

Dont worry Brad, farmers and the small communities nearby in rural Illinois, 
have come up with the ingenious idea to grow houses on this fertile land in 
lieu of food crops. The farmers are happy to sell off their land at $15,000 to 
$50,000/acre to secure their retirement (and their kids retirement in some 
cases), and the small communities get to experience growth. Yahoo!!! Can you 
imagine anything better than the growth of a small farm town into a suburb?

In the best planning that I have seen, the villages get enough money from the 
developers to build some schools, improve some roads and to engineer (and 
possibly build) municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities to handle the 
new growth. Some communities ask for nothing from the developers just to see 
their towns continue.

It appears as though many small villages are confusing growth with success.

Tom Trenkle

So much for rural Illinois!