Talk:Arden, Delaware
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Arden, Delaware was founded in 1900 by a group of Philadelphia artists. The Village was an experimental/intentional community based on the ideas of Henry George's Single Tax theory. Originally it was a summer community, consisting mainly of artists and political/social free thinkers. Eventually it grew to include year-round residences, and those who were looking for affordable land in North Wilmington. By 1922 all the available leases were gone and a group funded by a wealthy Phildelphian purchased a neighboring farm and established Ardentown. Ardencroft followed in 1954. Both Ardentown and Ardencroft are based on the Single Tax theory. The three Ardens are three of the few Single Tax communities still operating as they were founded. While there have been several attempts to consolidate the 3 governments of Arden, Ardentown, and Ardencroft over the years the nuances of each communities bylaws have prevented this from occuring. The townfolk maintain a stoic passive-agressive approach to change in any form and continue trying to apply early 20th century agrarian economic principals (Georgist) against the backdrop of a 21st century service based economy. Many have speculated that this resistance to change will ultimately lead to the dissolution of the town and it's absorption by New Castle County, Delaware.
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The townfolk maintain a stoic passive-aggressive resistance to change in any form and continue applying early 20th century agrarian economic principals (Georgist) against a 21st century world, with predictably dire results. Many have speculated that this resistance to change will ultimately lead to financial failure, the dissolution of the town(s), and their absorption by the surrounding suburbs of New Castle County, thus ending this century old single tax experiment.
This passage reflects the writer's point of view. It is not clear who `many' are, what the dire results are, who claims so and why early 20th century techniques would be bad. 62.131.79.6 07:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
