In those cases people had to live on the good farmland, in order to farm it an protect it. That is no longer a consideration. I used to work in the city archit

In those cases people had to live on the good farmland, in order to farm it an protect it. That is no longer a consideration. I used to work in the city architects for Waterford. We would never ever build public housing on a 100 year floodplain. Private developers would do it, they shouldnt have gotten planning permission but they inevitably did. They knew they could make a profit as most buyers wouldnt check.. That practice should be illegal.