08-17-2017, 09:32 AM
"It's just a bit of venting, no?"
This is the opinion that I take. To answer the question about whether they know how ridiculous they sound: No, they don’t. And they rarely talk to anyone who would even think it, let alone tell them as much.
To them, their beautiful backyards with pools they worked so hard on and spent so much money on, instead of “backing onto a green space,” will now be “overlooked” by a three storey building. That’s probably a tall building to you if every building in your neighbourhood is a single family home.
I don’t agree with them, but I can sympathize. Change is often not easy. Many people complain about it. In this case, the only beef I have is with the media outlet taking advantage of these residents’ frustration and publishing their rather thoughtless quotes. It’s a non-story when you think about it: new development is approved, some people are less-than-happy about it. Couldn’t all developments be described that way?
This is the opinion that I take. To answer the question about whether they know how ridiculous they sound: No, they don’t. And they rarely talk to anyone who would even think it, let alone tell them as much.
To them, their beautiful backyards with pools they worked so hard on and spent so much money on, instead of “backing onto a green space,” will now be “overlooked” by a three storey building. That’s probably a tall building to you if every building in your neighbourhood is a single family home.
I don’t agree with them, but I can sympathize. Change is often not easy. Many people complain about it. In this case, the only beef I have is with the media outlet taking advantage of these residents’ frustration and publishing their rather thoughtless quotes. It’s a non-story when you think about it: new development is approved, some people are less-than-happy about it. Couldn’t all developments be described that way?