Follow-up to arson in Maryland

Follow-up to yesterday's post about Maryland and the land-use conflicts.

Photos from fires from local station.

One person's dream is another's nightmare. "A dozen families were looking to move in this coming weekend."

...from local NBC affiliate...

...Sierra Club's official opinion...

I wrote about building around towns earlier, and am curious if anyone has looked into higher-density town development in this locality, rather than falling into get-rich-quick inappropriate density greenfield development.