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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (266133)	6/22/2002 5:51:09 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769667

<<The opposite of "smart growth" is to let the local homebuilders association decide willy-nilly where to plant new subdivisions ... er, excuse me, "lifestyle communities." Then the local government must spend the next half-century fixing the problems.>> Zoning, it's all $$$$. In my county, if a guy owns 320 acres and wants to build a house on one acre of the land he has to go through hell because the farm ground is too valuable to take out of production. OTOH if a developer wants to build 450 homes on the same ground it slides right on through. There will be more kids in the 450 homes than what the taxes on those homes will cover so up goes my taxes. My school district is spending $7,500 per kid per year. 5 years ago the complaint was the high school was too small. The proof was that there were empty classrooms. 2 new high schools were built, they had an offer to buy the old school but it sits empty.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (266133)	6/22/2002 7:48:06 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

This is precisely the way most Democrats look at an issue. "Us vs. Them". It's either smart growth, or builders going hog-wild building anywhere and everywhere. Never is a middle win-win ground considered. It's you're either with us 100%, or you're against us completely. That kind of dogmatic look at issues is what is destroying America. Al Gore, Hillary, Dashle, Gephard and the rest of the left wing crowd want it there way, or no way. No sense even hearing opposing viewpoints. After all, we're smarter, we think better, and we are the ones with all the answers. Smart Growth is a symptom of that mental illness. Intellectual elites of the left insist that suburbs are boring, sterile, and culturally oppressive places. They believe Henry Ford destroyed our culture by making cars affordable and the single family home in the suburbs the choice of families. Smart Growth proponents point to Europe as a beacon of perfection, with their row houses, connected rail systems, and crowded cities as their utopian vision of our future. Strange though, there aren't many Americans moving out of the suburbs and immigrating to Europe. Ever wonder why? Growth should be managed and supported by local interests, not by some all powerful central government entity, hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles away. Smart Growth is a control freaks best friend. But what's even worse, smart growth fails at everything it's designed to do. Smart Growth increases traffic, increases distances travelled, increases road building needs, increases costs, increases population densities, and increases housing prices. The only thing Smart Growth does is make a bunch of elite leftists feel better, and feel they are in charge of everyones life. It's no wonder Smart Growth is a liberal Democrats dream come true.