We actually also get factories and stuff because we have lots of water and electricity (solar and hydro) and lots of housewives and retirees looking to work someplace close to their home and willing to take lower pay.

This area is like how Dresden was, after the Wall came down. Everyone moved there, including businesses, because the land was cheap, the workers were cheap, and the schools were good.

And now Dresden is a booming, industrial, high-tech metropolis and has consumed the countryside.