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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-24-07 03:34 PM
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20. The city of Missoula has been zoning to encourage in fill in the city, instead of
sprawl on the outskirts.

This is manly for economic and environmental reason. The argument is that having to provide services on the outskits is much more costly to existing residents, in the form of taxes, than is in-fill.

ALso, it provides more open spaces, ag land and much lower densities outside the urban area.

It's being faught over big time in city politics.
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  - Here's what I don't get.  hedgehog   Oct-24-07 01:10 PM   #1 
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     - And our developers and local power structure  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-24-07 01:39 PM   #10 
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  - good point.  sweets   Oct-24-07 01:28 PM   #7 
  - That's because our power structure  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-24-07 01:28 PM   #8 
  - I live in Montana and we have a semi arid climate in most of the Western  John Q. Citizen   Oct-24-07 02:10 PM   #11 
  - I've been thinking about this and have another point to offer  hedgehog   Oct-24-07 03:08 PM   #13 
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     - Here is a chance for some advertisers to redeem themselves.  hedgehog   Oct-24-07 03:14 PM   #17 
        - Knowing how the local politics works  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-24-07 03:17 PM   #18 
     - The city of Missoula has been zoning to encourage in fill in the city, instead of  John Q. Citizen   Oct-24-07 03:34 PM   #20 
        - I suggest that we name this Bonanza syndrome.  hedgehog   Oct-24-07 03:41 PM   #21 
           - But you aren't relating that to the infill zoning, right? You are speaking of the  John Q. Citizen   Oct-24-07 03:59 PM   #22 
              - I'm speaking of people who are living in a typical suburban tract  hedgehog   Oct-24-07 04:40 PM   #27 
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     - Not where most of these fires are running  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-24-07 04:28 PM   #26 
 

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