why i'm angry
Apr. 3rd, 2006 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rootofnewtOne of the reasons we chose to buy this home was the lack of neighbors on all four sides. More homes = more dryer vents. More dryer vents mean that I become limited to indoors much of the year. It means the windows can never be opened. It means there are more people out there polluting the air with the remnants of Tide, Downy, and Bounce.
The ravine behind this house had what appeared to be a protected creek. The city has some pretty strict stream mitigation/buffer ordinances.
Well, the city will often let those slide for Habitat. They give waivers for those who build so-called affordable housing. The proposed Habitat community didn't come to light until *after* we bought our home. I would have never agreed to living here had I known there would be more houses within two years.
devastation
goodbye woodpecker
I imagine the bluebirds will go away, too. I hope the vultures stay. I hope they roost on the lawn furniture that will grace that slope in a few months.
Oh, well, in a few years, when the first families decide to take the second mortgage hit (a Habitat feature) and sell the home for 5-6x what they paid for it, my home will suddenly increase in value. There will be no room for the middle class in this part of Fifeville (forget the lower classes--they're relegated even further away). I'll take my tidy profit and convince boy he really doesn't hate the country.
*sigh*
The ravine behind this house had what appeared to be a protected creek. The city has some pretty strict stream mitigation/buffer ordinances.
Well, the city will often let those slide for Habitat. They give waivers for those who build so-called affordable housing. The proposed Habitat community didn't come to light until *after* we bought our home. I would have never agreed to living here had I known there would be more houses within two years.
devastation
goodbye woodpecker
I imagine the bluebirds will go away, too. I hope the vultures stay. I hope they roost on the lawn furniture that will grace that slope in a few months.
Oh, well, in a few years, when the first families decide to take the second mortgage hit (a Habitat feature) and sell the home for 5-6x what they paid for it, my home will suddenly increase in value. There will be no room for the middle class in this part of Fifeville (forget the lower classes--they're relegated even further away). I'll take my tidy profit and convince boy he really doesn't hate the country.
*sigh*
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Date: 2006-04-03 06:49 pm (UTC)It is wonderful on top of mountains. And you never need worry about neighbors.
Alternativly, build a bubble habitat like a gerbil!
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Date: 2006-04-03 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-03 07:15 pm (UTC)The city council decided to cut thousands of trees in the next few years (about half of the current number) and I live in constant fear that the ones in front of my apartment, a lovely birch tree and an oak, will be amongst those... They do such a good job of sheltering me from the road and the glare of the streetlights in summer!
(unfortunately, we already have a new block of houses in front)
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Date: 2006-04-03 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-03 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-03 08:27 pm (UTC)That is so wrong. Maybe you can convince the new people not to use fabric softener by asking nicely. Or burning them in effigy if they refuse.
I'm so sorry Hun. We belong in the country. Boy will learn.
*hugs*
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Date: 2006-04-03 09:02 pm (UTC)hugssssssssssssssssss
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Date: 2006-04-03 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-04 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-04 02:41 am (UTC)A new "luxury condo" development is going up outside my apartment. Nothing like endlessly screwing over the people who actually need affordable housing in this town.
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Date: 2006-04-04 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-04 03:22 am (UTC)I wouldn't love the commute over the mountain. I do adore those tin ceilings, though...