Quote from: Stottie Girl on April 24, 2026, 10:55:06 AMReally? They are building everywhere where I am. It's awfull! Thousands of houses all around my area and loads more to come. It is eating away at the countryside like a cancer in my view.
It's the land that has value, not what they put on it. Anything they build can be replaced or removed. The land is what is in short supply.
I agree with your sentiment. When I was in high school here, my friend and I would go camping for the weekend on empty land in the foothills. When I came back in the 80s, all of those hills had million-dollar homes on top of them. Now, the city has expanded to the point that those hills are no longer five miles out of town. They are within the city limits.
There is property I have been looking at lately south of here. It is vacant land, zoned for residential but no utilities. For $15,000, I can buy 5.9-acre lots. The road is already in, and the lots surround a cul-de-sac. If I had the cash available, I would buy up a couple of those lots and sit on them for five to ten years, then sell them for a fortune when the city expands that far.
Sadly, that is far outside my budget.