| To the Editor: Trail proposal would hamper property safety |
| Written by Grace Baker & Nancy Wolcott |
| Wednesday, 20 June 2012 10:20 |
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If you noticed the picture on the June 8 front page taken during the discussion of the bicycle trail, there were no happy faces. Just 50 concerned neighbors thinking about noise, lost trees, barking dogs, safety for young riders, drivers and pedestrians, plus privacy. This trial would spoil our enjoyment of our own property. We learned that the administration intends, in the future, to build trails covering Bowling Green. No ones property will be safe from 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The residents all hope you will follow this route along Fairview. I guess we better be careful what we wish for concerning future trails. They can end up in your backyard. Grace Baker Nancy Wolcott, Bowling Green |
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GET USED TO IT. The Earth is overpopulated with humans as it is. You cannot stay isolated in your ivory towers forever!
It would be entirely unsustainable and you know it. Human population above 7 billion is OBVIOUSLY unsustainable and is equally asymmetrical with regard to human rights, dignity, and living conditions. People like these ignorant writers thrive off of the labor and misery of others.
I'm not sure the 'comfort' of New York sq ft is what this elitist writer imagines her property to be like.
In your imaginary Texas, a few people would have penthouses, most of the rest would be made destitute. The 'comfort' of public housing seems to have escaped your consideration.
But that would require fostering a communal mindset, where WE are all in it TOGETHER. As this is a planet currently holding an "us versus them" mindset, right now under current conditions, no it's not sustainable.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the letter above, does it? Platform abuse...
Who says "Public Housing" should BE comfortable? Free-loaders deserve NOTHING!
How do you live with such class hatred? What is it like being such a spiteful person?
What reality are you living in? Have you any awareness of the state of the economy and job market right now? Have you tried getting a job lately?
Many of the people applying for and living on some form of public assistance, be it a home or just getting help with bills, DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE. But circumstances have put them there for now. They aren't freeloading, they're trying to SURVIVE.
But wait--you believe we're overpopulated, so annihilation by poverty is fine with you, right?
What if you found yourself in this situation, would your mindset change? Hmmm. (Yes, it CAN happen to ANY of us. Don't think you're above it.)
Really?? Sounds like you're really having to stretch to come up with issues to whine about.
"...safety for young riders."
I strongly suspect that this is NOT a priority to you!
The reality is, if the property owners don't have protective devices in place, they're already vulnerable. Anybody of any class can walk right up to their properties and do whatever they wish. They aren't behind a gated, secure community, right?
While I support the right to create recreational trails, I also understand the concerns of the homeowners who have lived with things being a certain way for a long time. Change is hard; but change, properly viewed, can also be for the better.
Right?
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