Can Lancaster Wait on Quality?

What's wrong with the promotion of a conservation development in an area surrounded by natural beauty? If the city leaders acknowledge the area's natural assets in creating (at no small cost to taxpayers) a Nature Center, then why shouldn't the developers that are interested in that area follow suite? Not with a half-hearted, cookie cutter, "Master Planned" monster, but with a sectioned development of 1-2 acre lots naturally melded into the countryside. You decide. If you were an affluent business owner, doctor, or retiree would you consider another close proximity neighborhood over a quality custom built home located in a natural setting? Of course not! Most of these buyers have already lived in the standard suburban neighborhoods and are looking for something SIGNIFICANTLY better. Not a gated version of the same old dribble, but an open natural environment with manicured walking trails, and varied home styles and sizes. Well lit paths that lead to wide expanses of open space. Circular drives, multiple garages, and larger profiles...you know...the things that ALL people think of when they think of a quality upscale home! How can Lancaster ever hope to have a true affluent community if it sells itself short on the only property left to develop! Where else will the next community go? Is Lancaster to be the dumping ground of Tommy, Steve, and the like? An area primed for a quick profit on a compromised development? Finally, is that what Lancaster is limited to? If so, I suggest moving to Flower Mound, or somewhere that cares a bit more about who comes in and with what. I said that The Preserve would rear it's ugly head again and it appears that it may be sooner than later. Don't let it sneak up on you. Realizing that I'm extremely biased against Steve, Tommy and that whole sneaky Klan, that still doesn't diminish the truth of my statements. The fact of the matter is, if these guys tried to push their half-ass development off on any number of thriving areas in North Texas, they'd be run out of town. Yet in Lancaster, they're tolerated out of a general feeling that there might not be better over the horizon! Absurd as it may sound, there are people that live there that truly buy into the idea that this type of "take it or leave it" nonsense is all they can ever aspire to have. Because of that, unless someone stands up and a lot of people wake up, it's all you WILL ever have. I can almost guarantee someone at the city is talking in that backroom as I type. After all, that's how business is done there. Starting slowly and quietly in a closed door meeting or a phone conversation. Which brings up an interesting thought...who's ringing your phone Mrs. Belcher?