See The Americans Striking It Rich in the Data-Center Buildout: One family sold its struggling farmland for $22 million, joining a new class of multimillionaires who are cashing in on the AI data-center boom by Will Parker of The WSJ.
I had a post last month titled Europe’s Arms Race Is Creating Boomtowns. Why Are Locals So Unhappy? (and an example of why labor supply curves slope upward): New investment in French and British towns brings jobs but sparks division and resentment.
One thing I said there was "Sometimes when there is a new product or government policy that leads to higher incomes for some locals but not all it stirs up conflicts. This seems like another example of that."
In this case some people in Salem Township are upset because of possible environmental effects and also the loss of some peace and quiet.
It also reminded me of a Wall Street Journal article from 1990. It was titled "RANGE WAR-SMALL MINNESOTA TOWN Is DIVIDED BY RANCOR OVER SUGAR POLICIES." It was by Bruce Ingersoll.
The entire article was read into The Congressional Record back then.
If you search for MAYNARD at this link you will come to the article. That is the town that the story is about.
There was an increase in prices for sugar beets due to the government reducing imports. Some farmers started making alot more money than their neighbors. It allowed them to outbid others for land. This caused resentment. Long time friends avoided each other or stopped talking to each other even if they saw each other in town.
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