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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve always believed the ag reserve is the biggest FU to poor people in the DC area. As if there isn’t enough agricultural land in this country. [/quote]

It's about having access to LOCAL food.

I think a dead downtown is the biggest FU to poor people and a real testament to corporate greed. Go after the corporations first, the farmers last.[/quote]

The agricultural reserve is also about our health (mental, physical, and environmental). Why should proximity to the countryside only be accessible to the wealthy. The first urban growth boundary was planned for Portland, Ore. back in the 1960s for those very reasons. It was modeled after those in Europe. Note how European countries haven’t followed our country’s embrace of freeways and sprawl in the name of more housing. Instead they build dense towns and city centers with amenities within a 15 minute walk most residences.

More suburban sprawl in Montgomery County will do no one any favors. Development, at higher densities if necessary, should be concentrated in smaller villages/towns. Montgomery County has done a good job planning for density in certain areas convenient to transit, and existing highways, whilst preserving a productive, rural landscape that benefits everyone. No need to change things now swap beautiful countryside for an expanded urban heat island, a polluted landscape, data centers, and sprawl.

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