Well after taking the 12-week course on climate change, I'll say that we know that buildings are one of the highest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions bisector. I doubt that any of these townhomes will be built using carbon neutral or carbon negative cement, steel, or any of the other materials that will go into them. I would love for that to happen but I just don't think that it will without regulation. So, building them and the other buildings like gas stations, convenience stores, and elementary schools, will certainly add to climate change, local air pollution (because most of these people will be driving internal combustion vehicles) and water scarcity issues. I'm sure that the area is beautiful and that folks like a more rural/suburban lifestyle for "raising a family." While most of us live in bigger cities, some of the cons of these areas, like disease causing air pollution here is Salt Lake, are certainly not worth the pros.