Funny municipalities continued

Silly me, thought that that would be the ideal place to look for a small farmette homestead, but come to find out cites are more aware of people wanting to grow their own, raise their own, so their ordinences reflect that. In the city limits of Lake Geneva you can have up to 5 chickens. In Milwaukee it's up to 10 chickens. To me this is telling me that farming and farmers have changed over the last 20 years and it's not being done in the country like the dreamy picture we think of the country land to be like. It's being done in urban settings and that our urban planning boards are aware of it and allowing it. Part of all this makes me happy because I currently live in an urban setting. I like living within the city. Sidewalks, shops to go to, parks, schools, the lake, it's all within walking distance and I don't drive my car as much. In fact I put less than 9000 miles on a year because we walk to so many of the places we go. Part of it makes me unhappy because there is certainly more you can do with a large parcel of land, but more over that the country setting does envoke the natural living ideal I'd like to have.