> but you have to understand that this happens in all cities. Some old theatre gets torn down to make way for a new high rise condo, or a tech company decides to move in and tears down a factory to make way for a shiny new office building.
I'm trying to understand the point you are making. Is it just that sometimes things change so don't get too attached to how things are? That doesn't change the fact that community government has influence over land use and its development.
There is a difference between building a shiny office building and tearing up the land to extract resources. In the latter case, once the resources are extracted, the land will be useless unless someone pays for an expensive reclamation effort.
In nearby Winona County, they've outlawed frac sand mining due to health and environmental concerns (the silica sands from these areas are useful but unnecessary for fracking). Perhaps Scott County isn't strong enough or doesn't care enough to intervene. I'm sure their hoity toity neighbor Eden Prairie isn't too pleased.
I'm trying to understand the point you are making. Is it just that sometimes things change so don't get too attached to how things are? That doesn't change the fact that community government has influence over land use and its development.
There is a difference between building a shiny office building and tearing up the land to extract resources. In the latter case, once the resources are extracted, the land will be useless unless someone pays for an expensive reclamation effort.
In nearby Winona County, they've outlawed frac sand mining due to health and environmental concerns (the silica sands from these areas are useful but unnecessary for fracking). Perhaps Scott County isn't strong enough or doesn't care enough to intervene. I'm sure their hoity toity neighbor Eden Prairie isn't too pleased.