Why Do We Get Poorly Planned Communities ?

The New York Times Sunday Book Review reviews Witold Rybczynski's latest book the Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway. Witold Rybczynski is an architect and professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has written 14 books about the history, culture and planning of our homes. His latest offering "Last Harvest" sheds light on how the public finally receives a watered down, designed by committee, not very livable housing development. To me, having gone through our zoning process a number of times, it is our government's duplicity that is at the heart of this process. I will be writing more about these hidden taxes (created in the name of protecting the public) and the playing of politics with the applicants project which does not further the cause of allowing the residents of Lee County to receive cutting edged well planned communities in later posts. When we look at the poor state of planning in our community, I believe the comic strip character Pogo said it best..."We have met the enemy and he is us!"

If you are interested in the "Last Harvest" please go to Amazon Books.