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It's a problem, yes. Some places are suceeding with conservation easements to 
stop development at their property lines.

paul@largocreekfarms.com
http://medicinehill.net

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On 10/20/2004 at 1:40 PM Kelly Lockamy wrote:

>read the last paragraph-- sound familiar??
>k
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>From: <Marimike6@cs.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:08 AM
>Subject: Re: [permaculture] Idealize rural life?
>
>
>> Paul--
>>
>> I think much of the world does in fact want to emulate American
>prosperity.
>> They may not like our philosophy of aggression but they'd certainly like
>to be
>> rich and drive great shiny autos to work. What are the Chinese buying
>now,
>for
>> instance? Detroit SUV's not little sensible Yugos.
>>
>> And it's a fine thing to live the pure life in the country. I like that
>> myself. But the majority of the people on earth are brought up urban, and
>are not
>> likely to trade their version of prosperity for a return to the agrarian
>life.
>>
>> For one thing, there are too blame many of them. When the population is
>ten
>> billion, how many little garden plots do you think we can carve for them
>out of
>> the world's total arable land. In one sense it's better to house them in
>> densely packed stacks. We should also be dscouraging them from taking
>Sunday
>> drives in the country.
>>
>> Urban proles are something we're going to have to live with. To me the
>best
>> approach is to work on the technology, and give them a means of
>transportation
>> that relies on more renewable fuels. Because unless the Never-ending War
>we're
>> in kills a lot more people than it looks like it's killing, there are
>always
>> going to be a lot more of them than there will be of us.
>>
>> To me, a political cause worth fighting is the lawful taking of one's
>land
>> through the power of eminent domain. If you haven't looked at this
>problem, you
>> should. Right now there are several thousand instances each year of
>> municipalities claiming land so it can be given over to developers for
>"redevelopment".
>> There is essentially no legal recourse other than to go up the ladder of
>> appeals courts. And many of them of course will back the big guy over the
>little
>> one.
>>
>> So we live next door to the cities at our grave risk. Most of them want
>to
>> expand. And when they extend their boundaries, in North Carolina at
>least,
>only
>> the voters within the city limits have a say. Those in the rural areas
>being
>> incorporated are not asked for their opinion.
>>
>> Encroachment is a very big problem, and it is growing closer to our homes
>and
>> farms as the population continues to increase.
>>
>> M. Elvin
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