Yet land, even when not zoned for building, can sell for 100,000 guilders a hectare ($16,000 an acre), as pasture for some town-dweller's horses, maybe.
Now it is about 1.3, and for some towns in Italy it is less than 1.
But the income stream has slowed for some towns as motorists have grown familiar with camera placement.
The sites for some towns are full of articles, while others are largely filled with inconsequential briefs.
He has pushed much of the state's capital investment down to municipal level, boosting the funds available for some towns' schools and sewers fourfold.
The Midwest has seen its share of flooding over the years, and for some towns near the largest rivers, the preparations have grown almost routine.
It will take a great deal of money and a change in customers' buying habits for some towns to be revived.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy come cancellations, not just of classes, but of the all-important school Halloween parties and parades — and now, for some towns, the eminently practical suggestion that parents, and children, postpone or cancel Halloween itself.
What is true for some towns and cities in the US might not be true for others: depending on where you are, it seems, marriage has a different social meaning.
An economic downturn had brought doom to the British High Street retailers, but there are hopes for recovery including government money in the Portas Pilot project for some towns.
