gatt wrote:

been used since WWII. Then the homeowners hollered 'cause they were too
goddam dumb to check out the neighborhood before buying.

I almost bought a really nice piece of land with some friend;
great place, and priced significantly lower than market in this
area; being suspicious by nature I investigated a bit; turned
out it was cheap because of a right of way feud -- no other
access -- with a retiree neighbor whose only hobby had been to
sue his neighbors for decades); doesn't have to be next to a
firing range, smelly chemical plant, flood plain, airport,
or other places favored by developers... i.e., in addition
to zoning laws, geological surveys, and others stuff, spend
some time at the local court house reviewing the records! :-)

--Sylvain