I have sympathy for Bi-Zi Farms in its struggle over water rights, for horse owners in their struggle over regulation, for anyone lamenting the loss of open land and, most especially, for longtime residents’ dismay at the loss of what Clark County once was. My sympathy is real, not academic. (Although, I have maybe a little less sympathy for those fighting light rail.)
The problem, of course, is that the county is growing rapidly, just as are thousands of other communities across America. Clark County is fast becoming a major urban area, like it or not. We can slow it down maybe, but we cannot stop it without making Clark County so undesirable that even we wouldn’t want to live here.
Of course, the rules for living in any urban area are different than they are in rural communities. This is not a secret. Everyone knows this. Having multiple neighbors within 100 yards of your home is a lot different than having none. We can fume and rail and vent all we want. It will avail us nothing. Growth will come and growth means change. All we can do is try to keep up.
