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I've got mixed feelings.

As I *think* I'm just south of where the majority of the development will be taking place, I don't expect too much impact (directly). It seems to be more of the high north east part of Golden Gate Estates that will be affected.

However, the land parcel DOES include an area a stone's throw away from my street. (literally - I'd be able to throw a rock from the end of my road and it would land on Collier Enterprise's property).

Potential for noise? Crime? Definitely. It all depends on HOW they build it. I wrote about a year ago here that, after doing the math, Big Cypress was looking like a ghetto for workers (too many houses in too small of a space). Now they're downsizing.... it seems. Yes, there will be fewer homes planned. and yes, it seems that everybody's getting a little more room, although I'll have to refer to the old message later to remember...

9000 homes. 3000 acres for town = 1/3 acre per living unit. BUT that's not 1/3 acre for each parcel. No - a lot of the room will be for stores, a potential hospital, etc... But we have to go with what math we have...

To continue:

ASSUMING (my assumption) 4 people per home, that's 36,000 people on build-out. Same 3000 acres. 36000 people. 0.083 acres per person. That's not as bad as it first seems. That's a 60 ft x 60 ft space for each person (population density).

Now, also: 3000 acres = 4.6875 sq miles. IF 36,000 people live on 4.6875 sq miles of land, that's 7680 people per square mile.

Here are some big city equivilants from Wikipedia:

Los Angeles, California, United States 8,065/sq mi Havana, Cuba 7,909/sq mi Baltimore, Maryland, United States 7,783/sq mi Buffalo, New York, United States 7,301/sq mi Detroit, Michigan, United States 6,856/sq mi Seattle, Washington, United States 6,801/sq mi

Locally: Immokalee, Florida: 2,449/sq ml Golden Gate City, Florida: 2,718/sq ml

Now don't forget: This is with MY assumption of 4 people per home. Perhaps the normal is a family of 2.5 people. Perhaps the norm is 7 people per home. I really don't know.

But since it's coming ANYHOW, and it'll be in my backyard (IMBY), I figure I won't be a NIMBY (what's the point unless it's just something else to complain about - for the complainers-at-heart, there's always something to complain about), I then look forward to stores - a HOSPITAL (I really hope that comes through), a place to ride a bike and walk.

Of course, I said that about Ave Maria and while I visited when it was unoccupied, I haven't been back there in the three weeks it's been open But once the stores open, I'll show my mug up there now and again. Might as well make the most of things, eh?

In the end, this will be affordable housing. And we need affordable housing. Badly. There will have to be a bus, which may help me out (I believe in buses), as not everybody will have cars (at that population density, or even if the pop density was cut in 1/4th, people expect to be able to walk to things or at least be taken places).

It will bring more jobs as its being built, which will help as well.

I don't look forward to the noise during construction, but it should be far enough away from my home that it shouldn't bother me that much - although dump truck traffic again is not something I look forward to. Still, it's all part of Barron Collier's original vision for this area. We just bought during the decades long interim period!

Kenneth Udut webmaster: http://free.naplesplus.us A trackback for my records: Town of Big Cypress takes first step — Initial plans recently submitted to state seek to build a smaller development than originally proposed – for now

By Liam Dillon , Eric Staats

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

A piece of the new town of Big Cypress proposed for eastern Collier County is taking a first step in the state’s review process
[Review in RDF]

by Simplify3 on Sep. 12 2007


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