Thank you for your post.
I’m reminded of Silicon Valley, which still had patches of farmland in the mid 1990s (remember Olson’s Cherry Orchard?), and about 20 years earlier, all the farmland and greenhouses in Fremont/Newark. Now that area is covered with housing developments and industrial parks.
They still have a small ride-on train for the kiddies, but what was once a road stop for passing dignitaries is now just another place one can spend their money on stuff they may or may not need. Lot's of clothing stores catering to women who have money to spend...