A new town?

[flywise]

At some point water will be an issue. I know Florence has trouble with wells already.
Wonder when all the land will be covered in concrete

[PondPopper]

I guess “in a way” progress is sad.

If a cattle baron has a 100,000 acre ranch (for example) and sells it he’s gonna get a dump truck load of cash. Good for him.

In turn the buyer sells 50 acres tracts of land to 2,000 people to build their dream homes on it’s pretty dang good for them too.

Seems like a win, win to those who have skin in the game.

I guess it depends on the landowner.. My landowners worst nightmare is surrounding ranches being chopped up and sold as small parcels.. There are many areas in this state where doing this hurt surrounding property values in a big way. That’s much worse than your neighbors high fencing you out in many cases..
And NO he doesn’t ever want to chop his land up and sell it..

[PondPopper]

At some point water will be an issue. I know Florence has trouble with wells already.
Wonder when all the land will be covered in concrete

This was actually my main point of the thread.. But who’s needs water..

[AntlerCollector]

I guess it depends on the landowner.. My landowners worst nightmare is surrounding ranches being chopped up and sold as small parcels.. There are many areas in this state where doing this hurt surrounding property values in a big way. That’s much worse than your neighbors high fencing you out in many cases..
And NO he doesn’t ever want to chop his land up and sell it..

I agree it depends on the landowners. Many obviously are willing to cash out or it wouldn’t be happening

[PondPopper]

I agree it depends on the landowners. Many obviously are willing to cash out or it wouldn’t be happening

I wouldn't sell either..
There’s nothing better than having 3 feeders and stands on every 10- 20 acre parcel of land surrounding your bought and paid for 1,500 acre hunting property. What landowner wouldn’t want that. That sounds awesome!!!

[curtintex]

This was actually my main point of the thread.. But who’s needs water..

We border an ocean and desalination isn’t an impossible process. It’s being done all over the world. Running out of water isn’t even a possibility. Dragging our feet and temporarily running out of potable water might be, but eventually it’ll get fixed.

Not to mention recycling water that’s been treated by sewage treatment facilities. Water is plenty.


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[bloodtrailer28]

I guess “in a way” progress is sad.

If a cattle baron has a 100,000 acre ranch (for example) and sells it he’s gonna get a dump truck load of cash. Good for him.

In turn the buyer sells 50 acres tracts of land to 2,000 people to build their dream homes on it’s pretty dang good for them too.

Seems like a win, win to those who have skin in the game.

Its has is good and bad. Like I said I make a living off all the new people moving in land getting split up ect so it's a positive for me. That being said it still sucks and sad to see imo
A different way of life that will somewhat disappear before to long. There will be a time where you will look out to what once was just a beautiful countryside to see nothing but roof tops.

[BayouCat]

Why do you hate it? It was never your property and you were never gonna own it so what difference does it make? How does it affect you?

Welp, AC, frankly, you don't know what I own, or don't own, but to answer a couple of your above queries, it affects everyone. Some positively, which is why I commented, "I get it", and some not so much.

How does it affect me, you ask? Simple. I don't like it.

But, if you like, I could elaborate on the pressing concerns negatively affecting our natural resources, preservation and conservation of wildlife in urban sprawl areas, or how this this whole thing has personally and directly impacted my family's current, and past, properties, but who wants to talk about all of that on a hunting forum?

[curtintex]

I wouldn't sell either..
There’s nothing better than having 3 feeders and stands on every 10- 20 acre parcel of land surrounding your bought and paid for 1,500 acre hunting property. What landowner wouldn’t want that. That sounds awesome!!!

I agree, but if he don’t sell, his kids will. If they don’t, then his grandkids will. That 1500ac is getting sold unless he puts it in a conservation of some sort. Guaranteed.


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[bloodtrailer28]

I agree, but if he don’t sell, his kids will. If they don’t, then his grandkids will. That 1500ac is getting sold unless he puts it in a conservation of some sort. Guaranteed.


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That's the truth right there. I know several who have put their land in a conservation for that very reason

[Landrover]

Lmao Californians are coming no matter what. Unless a law is passed to stop them, and that ain’t gonna happen.

We border an ocean and desalination isn’t an impossible process. It’s being done all over the world. Running out of water isn’t even a possibility. Dragging our feet and temporarily running out of potable water might be, but eventually it’ll get fixed.

Not to mention recycling water that’s been treated by sewage treatment facilities. Water is plenty.


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Hey, hey, hey!!!!!!!!!!!! The world is ending don't come in here with logical well thought out answers and solutions........that ain't allowed on here no more!
I got to see the desalination process in the Middle East a few years ago........incredible! Not cheap (as of yet) but the technology exists and it will only get cheaper over the next decade or two.
I would hate to sell our places but if the dumptruck pulls up loaded with freshly minted $100 bills........SOLD to the highest bidder!!! With that said, we are putting it all in a family trust to thwart descendants from selling but "everything is for sale" at some point.

[rvd]

I agree, but if he don’t sell, his kids will. If they don’t, then his grandkids will. That 1500ac is getting sold unless he puts it in a conservation of some sort. Guaranteed.


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Truth

[RiverRat1]

At some point water will be an issue. I know Florence has trouble with wells already.
Wonder when all the land will be covered in concrete

If you understand compound gains or parabolic growth in stocks you can apply the same math to population growth.

Or simply look at old google earth images and population of the area at that time, and then move forward 15 years with that population to see how much land "x" population put in concrete.

I'd love the people who mock others with "sky is falling" to do this math and tell me we are not screwed within 30 years. At least not without some major changes like forcing more people into sky rises. Or maybe 95% of "country" living will all be 2-3 acre homes instead of 50-500 acre plots all across the nation.

[Philip-TX]

Its has is good and bad. Like I said I make a living off all the new people moving in land getting split up ect so it's a positive for me. That being said it still sucks and sad to see imo
A different way of life that will somewhat disappear before to long. There will be a time where you will look out to what once was just a beautiful countryside to see nothing but roof tops.

...windmills and solar panels.

[TxDispatcher]

The song lyric “We call it progress, but I just don’t know” rings true. I won’t begrudge anyone selling something that they own to the highest bidder and having that bidder create a town and make money. It’s the epitome of America…however, it does suck to drive through the area I grew up in and see the woods gone and neighborhoods everywhere.

I live in the country to avoid that lifestyle…and it comes with some drawbacks as well. Lost out on a job paying $100k+ last week because the fella doing the hiring thought that living 84 miles from the office was too much to expect someone to drive. Funny thing is, I showed up 70 minutes early for the interview because I plan ahead to avoid arriving late to places. I would rather live in peace and solitude and avoid the city life, so I learned how to plan travel routes/times. But he keeps hiring “local” folks and they keep failing/leaving. Off topic, but I had to vent about it somewhere and this was as good a place as any