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Old 02-22-2015, 10:09 AM
 
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Per this article:

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There were 150 farms in St. Johns County (in 2004/5). Today, 15 remain.
That seems like an astonishing figure, but it wouldn't surprise me. All that building had to go somewhere...

Welcome to St Johns County; Ruining Itself, One Transplant at a Time.
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Old 02-22-2015, 10:37 AM
 
Location: FLORIDA
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that is sad
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Old 02-22-2015, 04:31 PM
 
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I blame all those good teachers and A rated schools. Damn them!
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Old 02-22-2015, 06:18 PM
 
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Some areas are not going to stay rural forever.
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Old 02-23-2015, 06:37 AM
 
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Some areas are not going to stay rural forever.
Yes, but it's YOUR fault since YOU moved here. I blame YOU, not those of us who lived here beforehand. Our houses are, uh, different.

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Old 02-23-2015, 07:51 AM
 
Location: NE Florida
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Don't go thinking this is isolated to your area or even Florida. I live in a crappy area of the midwest and it is the same here. Areas where it was all farmland when I was young are covered in housing subdivisions, gated neighborhoods, and condo communities. It blows my mind to think that people are paying a million to build a house in a corn field and THEN they complain about the wildlife Yeah the schools are better than the city, but the houses are overprices boxes in the middle of a cornfield with nothing for miles.

At least in FL there are things within distance (ocean and rivers) and warmer weather to make it worth it. I'm betting this is happening across the country in any area that has room to grow outside the urban core for young families that want a better place to raise families. The old suburbs don't cut it, people want to be further and build their own. Farmlands are the next suburbs I guess.

It's still weird if you knew the area before it all happened though. Really really weird.
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Old 02-23-2015, 08:03 AM
 
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Almost none of the building that has taken place was in place of an existing farm, so your point is moot.
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Old 02-23-2015, 08:50 AM
 
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Almost none of the building that has taken place was in place of an existing farm, so your point is moot.
Unless they consider the "tree farms" as farms in that count.
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Old 02-23-2015, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Unless they consider the "tree farms" as farms in that count.
wondering if that is what they are counting.
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Old 02-23-2015, 12:52 PM
 
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That article has nothing to do with with expanding of home building in St. Johns county, it was the original poster that was trying to correlate the two. I seriously doubt they are talking about tree farms given the fact that they said there are only 15 farms remaining. Land that holds pine trees and nothing else is not a 'farm'
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