I realize that Joseph Smith is a venerated figure among Mormons, having found those

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9. They don't appeal to me, personally, but they could be

a new way of integrating living space with food-growing. I'm in favor of that. As for the religious basis, I don't really care if a religious community wants to build a project in my community. There's a monastery not far from where I live that incorporates living and farming into a community of its own. Now, that's a Catholic thing. But I don't live there, so whatever rules apply to those who do are not really my concern, as long as it's voluntary on the part of the residents.

We have many communities with strict rules about many things. Condo developments, townhome communities, etc. all have associations that dictate a wide range of things. I don't live in those, either. They're not for me. Some people like them, though, so I have no objection to them.

There's room in our society for all sorts of social experiments. Some succeed, while others fail. I don't object to someone trying a new mode of living, if they can do it and find people who want to share that vision with them. Others, though, seem to be leery of anything that is not what they're used to. That's too bad, in my opinion.

I wouldn't live in one of those Mormon "plats." They don't appeal to me at all. But, I don't mind if others like them or want to try the concept. How does it affect me? Not at all, really.