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To: montag813
Pretty shortsighted argument there ... many a connector has gone through a residential area once the population has grown. There are lots of roads to be widened, schools to be built, snail darters to protect.

Look at the case of the gun range, established for 50 years in a once rural area. Homes came in, then new schools and the neighbors are trying to shut it down since it is now too close to a school. Never mind the fact that the range predated the school by decades. Never mind the fact that it was no secret that the range existed when the site for the school was chosen. Neighbors take shots at gun range

This is a basic, fundamental shift in the concept of property rights. It is a watershed event (in more ways than one if your property happens to be part of a watershed). I don't think you are seeing mass fear that the gubermint is hiring bulldozers and is coming tomorrow. Instead, most FReepers recognize the major significance of this decision and what it could mean if the mayor's brother-in-law covets your land. Or your new neighbors think your house is too shabby and is lowering their property values.

196 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:05 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Same stuff, different democRAT [this tagline rated PG-13])
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To: NonValueAdded; countrydummy; newriverSister

Correct.


919 posted on 06/23/2005 2:42:37 PM PDT by sauropod (De gustibus non est disputandum)
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