Re: Urban sprawl increases

["david sarff" <davesway@hotmail.com>]

I believe that some of Mr Hoffman's response can be scrutinized and partly 
verified by Mr Cooke's Last post on county data records.
The amount of occupants per residence is falling.
It reminds me of how many single drivers are on the road too.
So perhaps the (development)situation just plain falls into the fact that we 
are being marketed to as individuals to have and use more stuff.
More stuff means more to maintain, more to tax and more to loose.
My mechanical philosophy is ... the less moving parts.....the less friction.
Perhaps the WTO finds this attitude a barrier to trade.
Is extra friction heating up the atmosphere?
It seems like some people are bouncing off the walls these days.
What are the reasons for the "going postal" factor in our world?
Friction.....it's a drag.
Dave


>From: Bob Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: Urban sparwl increases
>Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 09:52:50 -0800
>
>At 11:37 AM 12/09/1999 -0500, WMSteed@aol.com wrote:
>
>>In a message dated 12/8/99 11:06:40 AM, rforce@moscow.com writes:
>>
>><< NEARLY 16 MILLION ACRES OF LAND WERE CONVERTED TO DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN
>>1992 AND 1997 -- A RATE OF 3.2 MILLION PER YEAR, THE AGRICULTURE
>>DEPARTMENT SAID MONDAY. BETWEEN 1982 AND 1992, THE DEVELOPMENT RATE WAS
>>1.4 MILLION ACRES A YEAR. >>
>>
>>According to my data, the United States is comprised of 2,315,817,600 
>>acres.
>>Therefore, 16 million acres converted in five years is 69 hundredths of 
>>one
>>percent, or 138 thousandths of one per cent per year.
>
>Now localize those numbers to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, etc.
>(subtracting the huge and frigid land mass of Alaska, vast protected areas
>of Western states, etc.), and the cause for alarm becomes
>obvious.  Northern Ohio, which used to have many beautiful farms and
>forests, is quickly becoming a huge suburb, from Pennsylvania to
>Indiana.  This is caused by people lured to the edge of the woods (Ah,
>Wilderness!) so they can "live in the country," just to find themselves
>surrounded by the next subdivision.  The cost of maintaining the far-flung
>utilities & services for the far-flung populations mean a higher tax burden
>for us all.
>
>When talking about invasive species (plants & animals from far-flung
>corners of the globe that gobble up native areas & resources), a member of
>the Nature Conservancy noted that Ohio's most damaging invasive species was
>the single-family home.  No other noxious, agressive weed destroyed more
>habitat.
>
>
>
>Bob Hoffmann
>229 East C St., Suite B
>Moscow, ID  83843  USA
>Phone: (208) 883-0642
>Fax: 1-800-683-3799
>http://www.alt-escape.com
>

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