Did U.S. farmers ever come into conflict with developers as suburban growth required building on land that had been used for agriculture? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did U.S. farmers ever come into conflict with developers as suburban growth required building on land that had been used for agriculture?

by whenthetigersbroke

Or to put it another way: did farmers ever resist selling their land for suburban development?

oldgeezerhippie1

Usually by the time suburbia took over farmland, land taxed at its best and highest use as housing by the county would no longer be profitable to farm.