Hardpan wrote:

There's a kind of libertarian synergy going on. The engineers and
professionals moving into the I-540 corridor create, on average, 5 more
jobs- secretary, shipping clerks, janitors, etc. Then too, collectively
they interact and new startups result. Sorta like Silicon Valley, but
not limited to software.

You can put up a commercial building damn near anywhere, and the guys
from the electric, gas, water, phone, and internet will come out and
hook you up, no questions asked, and no code inspectors.

Transnationals have figured this out also, and so many have built new
plants in the small towns in and around the Arkansas Ozarks that there
has been a net increase in blue collar manufacturing jobs.

Just dont pollute the watersheds; the fishermen will blow the whistle on
your ass to the army corps of engineers over nite. Every watershed has a
green zone which is also good for hunting you dont wanna dump any shit
in. That same green zone is where the professionals like to build homes.

So, there isnt any top down regulation, but a bottom up system where the
neighbors keep an eye on what's going on that mite affect their property
values, hunting, and fishing. Fayetteville, pop 50k, is the college town
with the nitelife, world class med center, and libraries; the interstate
has the malls and the industrial zone, and the flat land between these
various zones is still pretty much in grass fed beef.

Its a system that would work in a lotta other regions, but they already
have the inspection/regulation infrastructure which has a hold on the
political process.