Now that they have caught wind of the changing plans in Brookswood, development companies are now buying up properties at an ever increasing rate and chipping away at the surrounding ALR as well. One fellow at the meeting told me that a farmer across the road from him could sell his ALR property for $5 million but if he makes application and successfully removes it from the ALR then the value goes up to $7 million - quite the incentive. This is what happened in Los Angeles and it's surrounding areas and the result is wall-to-wall city with various rates of social decay, with the higher desity areas degrading faster than the rest. If money was blood then there would be plenty of it around to attract more of the predatory instinct.
There is a good reason for the ALR and there is also a good reason to seriously listen to what the existing residents want over everything and everyone else. The development companies will continue to lobby and pressure the township to get their way...
Who will will the township listen to?
There is a good reason for the ALR and there is also a good reason to seriously listen to what the existing residents want over everything and everyone else. The development companies will continue to lobby and pressure the township to get their way...
Who will will the township listen to?
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