The real small farmers' opportunities are limited by high land costs.
Including land costs, the city plans to spend $77.7 million to get the project built, the mayor said.
Southern cities have also benefited from lower land costs than those in most parts of the country.
A typical fee is 10 to 12 percent of the land cost.
Lower energy and land costs favor the production of relatively large, powerful cars.
A similar house would have cost $100,000 more in Melville, he said, because of higher land costs.
But land costs can run from $150,000 to $500,000 an acre, he said.
The total price includes an average land cost per improved lot of $20,000.
My guess is that the existence of 421a basically raised the land costs.
Does it matter how much the land cost to buy?