Bobster
.30-06
I live in a "city" that I would consider to be a "bedroom community" for Orlando. A large portion of the population travel to Orlando for work at the attractions or hotels or whatever. Orlando is about a 1/2 hour away and getting further due to traffic--they can't build roads fast enough. LINK I avoid Orlando like the Plague...The classic one is the urban sprawl...neighborhoods expand into traditionally rural and farming lands. City folks move to the new suburbs and complain about the noise from the gun range a mile away that's been there for 50 years.
Anyhow, when I first moved here 18 years ago, I-4 (interstate between Daytona and Tampa, runs through Orlando) was 2 lanes each way including a bridge. They build a new wider bridge over the St Johns River and widened the highway to 3 lanes each way. Redid highway interchanges and all that. That was 10-15 years ago. Used to be many rural areas closeby, lots of open space and farms. It was OK around here with a development here or there, nothing bad, IMO. But in the last 2-3 years they have been building like crazy. Large expanses of woods, farm and swampland have succumbed to development. And not large lots with modest houses, I'm talking small cookie-cutter homes jammed right next to each other. And on my way to my shop is an area that they have thrown up these 3-story apartment complexes, at least a dozen that I can see from the road and I would estimate maybe 30-40 units per. They are absolutely hideous! I really don't know where all these people are going to work...
Back on track , many of the rural dwellers are on say 5-10 acre lots and in unincorporated areas. The city tries to annex them and they tell the city to fark off, as would I. The city frowns upon "shooting in your backyard" while the unincorporated county does not. It is not uncommon to hear shooting off in the distance on a Sunday afternoon. And I KNOW these homes were built right on the edge of unincorporated areas. I often see people complaining about it to which I reply those are the "Sounds of Freedom".