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Support it? Hell YES,! It's way past time for this.

 

I drove thru a couple small sections of town I haven't been thru in a year,, to a year and a half ,,,, and there were 3 story town homes ,,, apartments ,, and duplex town homes ,, these developers bought up a bunch of them small 1940s to '60s homes ,, and slapped them new units up . I'm 20 miles away from that mess ,, but ,, in my AO ,, there putting up a library of some kind ,,maybe 2 miles away ,, and a little closer ,, some kind of activity center ,,, which tells me ,, I've got to start looking for somewhere else to go ,, and get ready to sell out my little shack.
Man I hate having to start over at my age ,,,

 

You should be able to get a good price, if you have to sell. This area has gotten a lot more crowded in the last several years, just single-family homes on large lots (1 acre or more), but when I was a kid that was all cotton field and woods. Kinda wish that I lived 10 miles farther down the road.

 

I live in a small town with only single family houses that must be on 1 acre lots. Our protection is we have no water and sewer only wells and septic systems. Years ago we had a vote for water and sewer the vote was a strong Hell No. We used to have farming beans, tomatoes, cabbage etc --long gone only thing going is more houses

 

We still have lots of farming, but a lot of the road frontage has been developed over the last 50 years. I'm sure that people were saying that back in the 1960s when my parents built their house. There are still fields of cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat, hay and pastures.

 

I remember the mid 80s when I went to Huntsville for a job interview. I sat at breakfast at the hotel and looked out at a cotton field almost ready for harvest. It's been a while since I've been in Huntsville. Don't know if you can still find cotton fields there now.

 

Got farmland about a 1/2 mile from me that the owner of the land tried to get the city to annex and plan for a subdivision. In TN the law was changed a few years ago that for a city to annex land, the land owner must initiate the process. People along my road showed up to the city council meeting to oppose the annexation and development. It was narrowly defeated. It was 70'ish acres of land that was going to have about 550 houses built. Ugh, really didn't want to have 500 houses built a 1/2 mile away from me, so thankfully it was defeated.
Now the land owner is selling the land in chunks of 5-6 acre parcels.
Behind our property is another field where I have spoken with the farmer that owns it. He said he has no plans to sell and has family that will continue to farm the land. So nothing will be built behind us at least for the foreseeable future.

Just wish I had the finances to get one of the 6 acre parcels, land prices in my area are outrageous right now.

 

About 2-3 yrs ago,, there was a big spread of about 450 acres that was for sale ,,and I believe that is why this community center is going up,,, then they're going to break ground on a neighborhood and stores ,, is my guess.
Build it ,, and they will come ,,,
Build it ,, and I will sell out ,, and get the hell out .

 

What is scary and no one seems concerned our farms are being sold off for development and thus a loss of food production. Second and third generation kids don't want to take over the family farm too much work so it is sold off for the quick. buck. Just take a look at where our food is coming from it ain't the USA.

 

If you're talking about Huntsville, Alabama, the answer is yes, there are still cotton fields there, but you have to drive a bit to find them. Huntsville is now the largest city in Alabama with a population of over 1 million. It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live or work there, I'm a country boy at heart.

 

It was Huntsville, AL. I forget there is another Huntsville. I worked in Madison, not much different. I lived between Huntsville and Arab. People always asked why I didn't move closer to work rather than drive that distance. I like peace and quiet. I had it back then. Not sure what it is like now. I have been away since 1994.