Land Use Changes in the Fargo-Moorhead Fringe Area, 1975-1980

The article presents a study whose objectives were to examine socioeconomic characteristics of buyers and sellers, reasons for buying or selling fringe area land in Fargo. N.D. and Moorhead, M.N. and opinions on some land use policy statements. The value and type of land being converted to nonagricultural uses also were studied. Buyers and sellers of small land parcels (40 acres or less, outside of city limits) in 46 selected townships surrounding Fargo-Moorhead were surveyed during the summer of 1980. Eight hundred buyers and sellers were contacted by a mail survey yielding information from 252 buyers and 87 land sellers