The Highest and Best Use

When it comes to land use, and special property tax assessments - like farmland and forest land, they use the term "highest and best use".

When the highest and best use of Washington County farmland, probably now zoned for industry, becomes one giant Intel parking lot, what does that tell you?

That we have long ago bypassed farmland (at least for busy giant intersections right off the Sunset Highway). Soil quality or not, none of that matters.

And even industry, since the former Fujitsu site next door still has vines crawling over the sign (finally taken down). And the Toshiba plant is now a giant church.

So now a giant parking lot. Since corporate property is assessed based on sales alone these days in this state, I suppose there won't be too many chip sales in that parking lot. Perhaps a nice view for the airshow however.. I suppose highest and best use doesn't consider impervious surfaces and global warming. I would go inspect for that, but the guards would probably shoot me.