When we first moved here, this was a farm. Belted Galway cows grazed in the field.

Originally, the entire area (including our development) was all once farmland. Over time, most of the farms were sold to developers that then turned the land into upper bracket homes; with acreage ranging from 3 to 10 acres each. Our development was the first. It's a peaceful area that combines suburban with a hint of country living.

The land in this photo, however, has been zoned as Multi Family use; meaning apartments. Frankly, I just can't image a sprawling apartment complex out here in the suburbs. Such a complex would reach far beyond as far as the eye can see. This image only shows about 10% of the land designated to be developed for Multi Family use. Besides being totally out of place for the area, putting in apartments will end up becoming far more than the road can possibly handle.

The only road was still a gravel road until about 7 or 8 years ago. That was when the newer housing developments got together & finally convinced the country to black top the country road for their residents. Our development had tried (without success) for years. So having more homes in the area has benefited us. No more gravel room!!! Even with the addition of these three new, single family developments (fortunately each with few homes & lot of land between each of them), this road remains a narrow country road. Unfortunately, it's also now much busier than it used to be. IMO, the road probably is currently handling the max traffic load for what it is. This road offers no room for expansion. This fact can be seen from the example of the roads in the small town next to our development. Sidewalks also are not an option.

Left unattended, the acreage in my photo is currently reverting back - from farmland and pasture - to original wild prairie with native trees. I personally like it this way. Although I'm sure a developer will eventually, put in the Multi Family dwellings, I'd truly prefer to see things remain as they are now.

Ours is currently a quiet, crime free area where nothing bad ever happens. I can't say the same for the already existing apartment complexes several miles away near the main highways. Those have all be there since before we moved here. They have also always been known for their problems... Those problems also seem to be increasing in quantity & severity over the years. I would hate to see that here.

I would also hate to see the loss of the last of countryside Nature.
This is now home to so many wild critters that will have nowhere to go.