I have already come to terms with the fact that this area is screwed. I'm sorry to know that my heritage (5th gen) and the rich soil will soon be buried under concrete, but I also realize that unscrupulous, parasitic developers will always have their way because MONEY means more to us than family, heritage, beauty, etc.

Say goodbye to that spaciousness that draws people to this area. That seemingly endless stretch of land. Enjoy it while it's here. Someday, even the farms that we preserve will have obvious borders -- the houses that are built right up to the property line.

Unfortunately, few people need to travel to see endless rows of cookie-cutter houses, and they certinaly won't come to Lancaster to see them.

Did anyone really think "preservation" would prevent the loss of farms. This is primarily all about tax revenue going to townships and profits going to developers. Preservation is just an excuse townships and developers are using to develop these super dense neighborhoods; with the spin that it is somehow out of their hands due to farmland preservation. It is all about squeezing as much tax revenue and profit out of every square inch of land available to develop. Eventually, this philosophy will just be applied to every farm available. Either way the land is going to get developed. However, instead of ending up with a bunch of nice sparsely populated neighborhoods, we are going to end up with a bunch of dense neighborhoods with houses practically ontop of one another. Meanwhile the townships and builders will continue to get good press about how "green" they are and how much land they are saving by developing dense neighborhoods.
Later...Shawn