Sorry Dawn. You’re right. There’s been no land donated, no state land purchased, no nothing. Just like a commenter earlier in response to a comment about 2 lanes on each side of 98 no longer being appropriate, he just warps the convo into nitpicking about “you’re so dumb it’s 4 lanes not 2! Haha I know so much and you don’t”. Despite obviously knowing the point of the comment and reference to each side and relating traffic. You guys have your hearts set on whatever it is your biased towards and don’t care to bring detail or debate beyond that. It’s OK. At certain places which I won’t name the residents there joke about how the only people you want to hang out with in SoWal are other out of state migrants because the locals are just bitter because they won’t let go of their Red Neck Riviera. They refuse to accept and are angered by the fact that outsiders find the area beautiful and are coming here and there’s nothing they can do to stop it.
My last reply on this topic then I’ll let the echo chamber continue.
There’s very clear “development” and “undeveloped” areas. The vast majority of the remaining “undeveloped” in South Walton is owned by one entity who has been here for like 100 years. The Bay Walton Sector Plan very thoroughly lays out how much will be developed, how dense it will be, and how much is going to be put into conservation. That timeline is supposedly 50 years. Sometimes you take for granted what’s right in front of you. That whole saying about “the devil you know”….
And I just hope for all our sake, some larger entity, such as a DR Horton or some family office, doesn’t come in and throw a big number at them because then y’all will really see what greed, distasteful development, and all that look like. Until then you can keep crying about civilization encroaching upon your lives. I’ll waive to you guys protesting on the Porsche dealership lot tomorrow, ok?
I mean the answer to all of this is simple and quite American isn’t it? If you guys are so adamant about what others should be doing with their property, nothing is stopping y’all from offering to buy this land and then out of the goodness of your hearts donating it for conservation? What’s stopping you? But my gut says it’s more convenient to just lecture from your positions at the Give Us Your Land Charity Foundation.
