--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/9/06 10:28 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I don't doubt this about Fairfield. But my "wager" was > > based more on a feeling for what this Kansas place is > > likely to be like. Fairfield is a dynamic college town, > > with necessary interaction between Ru's and townies. > > But doncha get the feeling that anything built in this > > new Kansas place is basically going to be a retreat house, > > where the inhabitants basically hole up and butt-bounce > > for peace? > > > > Or am I off in this assumption? Has there been talk > > of actually creating something less like a rounding > > course facility and more like a real-world ocmmunity? > > > There¹s talk of creating an organic farm, but as has been reported, that > area is dry and drought-prone, so that will probably be a flop. It¹s > probably a moot point. I doubt anything will be built there, and if it is, > who will occupy it? Maybe a few TBs from MUM will go down, but it will be > hard to build a community. >
I always laugh when I hear "drought prone". One man's drought is another man's excessive rainfall... There are plenty of cash crops in southern Arizona, even though it has less than 15 inches of rainfall a year, on average. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
