[Maximum Leader]

What Smart Growth really does is choke off economic activity. I can see where it may be necessary for metropolitan areas that have grown too fast for the infrastructure to keep up(Southern California and Atlanta come to mind), but a place like South Carolina needs all the economic development it can get.

Basically, the big winner isn't the environment but rather existing commercial property owners. Suddenly they have less competition and their property becomes more valuable.

[dixiechick2000]

" I can see where it may be necessary for metropolitan areas that have grown too fast for the infrastructure to keep up(Southern California and Atlanta come to mind), but a place like South Carolina needs all the economic development it can get."

I totally agree with that.

Most of Oregon is rural. Half of the state's population is concentrated in the Portland Metro area. Also, I think one form of government or other (local, state, or federal) owns approximately 70% of the land in Oregon. I see no reason why a farmer, who has 5 acres that is not suitable for farming, can't develope that bit of land for residential or commercial use. As things stand now, he can't.

I sincerely hope for better things in South Carolina.

[farmfriend]

I guess both of you will be reading the book I have linked in post #7.