Towns lose tax base, real neighborhood camaraderie and their vitality.
Conservancies are a way to sustain open space. Open space means that all aspects of quality are maintained for the benefit of the land. Whether or not Joe Sixpack gets to roll in with a few dead refrigerators is not the issue. The issue is that open space has a value far beyond being cut up like a cookie cutter and parcelled off to whomever figures it is 'hip' to dwell in the Keweenaw and arrives with the most moolah. Towns lose tax base, real neighborhood camaraderie and their vitality.