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Gene, I thought we had. :(

I should point out our neighbors are FROM here, simple 
country folk perhaps desiring that city look. God forbid 
you should keep a shrub around that might harbor a coyote 
or javelina. It's 2-1/2 hours away to a corporate job, 
1-1/2 to the nearest Starbucks, 1 to WalMart. The school 
hasn't been updated in decades, no medical services, all 
others 'volunteer'. Property values have gone up about 64 
percent since I bought six years ago so land is no longer 
cheap.

Part of the problem is that ranchers can't make a living 
anymore (bottom fell out of mohair, can't hire illegals to 
sheer, etc.) and their kids have all gone to college to 
become doctors and lawyers, don't want to do anything 
other than drive their shiny hummers and ATVs around on 
their childhood haunts. The only way they can keep up with 
the taxes is to sell off chunks to little folks like us. 
This kind of fragmentation is going on all over the Texas 
hill country right now. I'm sure this is happening 
elsewhere, too. And Texas isn't fortunate enough to have 
public lands to nestle up against.

I'll look for your book.

--Sage
Way out in Texas



On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:12:59 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> Choose land far away from land that is desirable for 
> intensive  
> agriculture or housing development.

> They all want to be close to WalMart or even more 
> upscale shops.

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