Self set property taxes (aka Harberger taxes) would solve this. And also could replace eminent domain and zoning.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/opinion/sunday/property-taxes-housing-assessment-inequality.html?referringSource=articleShare …
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Hilariously, I first encountered this scheme in Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast" and "Pursuit of the Pankera"
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I don't see a good economic argument for having lower property taxes on land used for farming or forestry, relative to other uses.
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externalities, is my understanding of the argument most people would prefer to live next to a forest than to development, so converting a forest into a development has negative externalities, so the tax code effectively subsidizes forests
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