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I live in an area that is still relatively rural, or at least
most urban folks think so. I actually would prefer to live in an area a
heck of lot more rural than is available.
The problem for a rural township within a commuting distance
of employment is the clustering proposal will quickly transform it to
anything but rural. The factors that keep urban and suburban people away
are:
1) Yuk, you live on a dirt road?
2) Echk, you drink water that comes out of the
ground?
3) Ooh, where does this go when I flush?
4) Ach, you go how far to buy cheez
doodles?
Creating the cluster home situation takes away all of these
deterrents. It would be one thing if we were building it for the
township's residents to live in at their choice. But instead, you are
inviting every one else to move in and take away from you what you
hold dear. If you build it, they will come, and in short order, they will
have the local votes to take away the rest, and they will. I've spent my
entire life moving from one area or another that has become a place that I
wouldn't even want to visit.
As far developers paying their way, forget it. They
don't and they won't. Not even close. It is a real struggle to get
the developers to even build and pay for the amenities that they promised to put
into their developments in the first place. Our legislators won't fix it
either. How many years have they had the opportunity to fix the inequity
of MHP developments?
The only solution is to address urban and suburban flight, and
not create yet more new urban and suburban sprawl.
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