> People hate change. Fact. > People really hate change they didn't choose (irrespective of whether that change is good or bad), because people want to feel i

> People hate change. Fact. > People really hate change they didn't choose (irrespective of whether that change is good or bad), because people want to feel in control. Which is why doing what was done here, i.e. rolling in overnight and changing shit, especially when the direct benefits of that have not even been attempted to be explained to, let alone explained well to the affected community, was probably a shitty idea. And the backlash was utterly predictable. Considering that these people are paying taxes (even if they get it all back at the end of the year, optically, they are "paying taxes" because they lose a good chunk of their paycheck that they could probably really use) I don't think having a say as to what and how public services are created and executed in their community is such a terrible thing. I'd say that is a fairly rational desire. > But I very much disagree that the subsequent reaction was rational or thought out based on a cost-benefit analysis. I have a hard time recollecting any situation where vandalism is a rational, thought out reaction to anything. Nor did I say it was.