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How would it be terrible for you?

• duped 3y ago
  I mean this is going to be hard to phrase without sounding like an old man shouting at the clouds, but it comes down to the fact that I don't want to live next door to dozens of people. It's one of the reasons I chose not to live in a denser area. People and their cars are loud. I don't want light pollution shining onto my property at night. I don't want a tall building next door with windows looming into my yard. I would be sad to see all the old growth trees cut down to make way for the construction or street widened for the traffic. And you can say if I don't like those things then don't live somewhere where it's a thing. Which is exactly why I live where I do, and if that situation changed I'd leave. But it's not hard to empathize with people that want to preserve the kind of community they bought into.
  • lotsofpulp 3y ago
    > But it's not hard to empathize with people that want to preserve the kind of community they bought into It is hard to empathize when common sense says the basic math of increasing populations means things will change, and continue changing, especially in highly desirable areas.
  • midasuni 3y ago
    On the flip side the value of your lane will have massively increased so you’re getting significant compensation. Maybe you are wealthy enough not to care about the extra money you’ve been given.