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Originally Posted by NDL
*Exactly*
North Jersey aside, the rest of the state has implemented thoughtful provisions in regulating land use, which held density in check.
You've been here longer than I have been, thus you're more familiar with local ideas/desires, etc.
I hope you're right .
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Well. . .in South Jersey, builders started going into the Pine Barrens & the locals got the feds involved & there are stringent regulations on building. Trenton prefers to spend transportation money in North Jersey. That is part of the reason that some parts of South Jersey look like parts of rural North Carolina, just really, really flat.
The light rail war between Gaston & CATS occurred before l came. It was well documented in the Gaston Gazette. When the Gazette & Shelby Star were sold a few years ago, the archives were deleted. So much for being able to post documentation.
I have lots of contact with natives. While there has been an influx here, part of the influx includes Charlotte natives. The officials know that public transportation is needed. They know that they need a larger population to get it, & some other amenities. They don't want to ruin the area, so. . . Density is no longer a dirty word.