The "new ruralism"

This Wall Street Journal article was particularly interesting to me in light of our recent discussion about building community. An excerpt:

Some developers are creating historic-style communities with houses that look like they were built as long ago as the 17th century...Many [of these communities] are marketed as "settlements" and harken back to an agrarian past -- some even include working farms. They tap into an emerging farmland-preservation movement dubbed "new ruralism," a counterpart to the new urbanism philosophy that promotes dense, walkable neighborhoods. Both support traditional building styles and small-scale architecture.

Read the whole thing here. Very interesting.