On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:09:39 -0800, "Jon" wrote:

No, Oregon is the land of planning. We have a state wide planning. To own
farming land, you must earn like $80,000 from I think 10 acres in order to
have a home on it. Many folks in Oregon bought a 5 or 10 acre parcel back
in the 60-70's and then the land use planning changed and these folks found
out they could NOT build and live on their own land in retirement.
One lady bout 40 acres up off forest park in Portland, back in the 50's.
Would be worth millions, but they changed it to forest land only and now she
lives on Social security.
We just passed our measure 37, which says if you can't use the land as it
was zoned originally, then the government either needs to pay you the
difference, or make a waiver so you can use the land anyway. All the
politicians are screaming this is the end of the world. They love planning.
We have an urban growth boundry around the bigger cities, and anything
outside the line cannot be used for anything but agricultural use. Its
farmland, only. They want dense urban areas, and lots of open spaces.
Kinda ridiculous considering people only own about 6% of all the land area
in Oregon. The state and fed own the rest.
Welcome to Moscow on the Willamette.

Perhaps you should get a degree in urban planning. Probably
at least a masters. Chance of a PhD so that you can teach?

Here's an easy program: http://dusp.mit.edu/ G.
--
Cliff