This is the infuriating thing about this situation-- people having to sell at a loss. Not to mention the hassle, expense, etc. of being driven out of your neighborhood. My own neighborhood has been flooded with illegals in recent years, and I am now working two jobs to afford to move out. I don't care what race my neighbors are, but I want to live amongst people who share my work ethic, my values, and my standards of what a good neighbor is! A good neighbor is clean, considerate, quiet and law-abiding. Is that too much to ask for?
Especially a group that plays loud bad samba music at all hours.
Loud music was mentioned in the article. Where I live, they blast their mariachi music (and I mean BLAST-- sometimes they literally have live bands in their back yards!) at all hours of the night. I'm talking till 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, weekends, weeknights, doesn't matter. Not to mention the junky cars parked in the front lawns, abandoned shopping carts, graffiti, day laborers on the corners urinating openly and harassing women who walk by, cars stolen or broken into, traffic with crazy, unlicensed, uninsured drivers, overcrowded schools, etc., etc., etc. Soon coming to a neighborhood near you!
This is also true of me. And lest someone decide I'm terribly bigoted against people of other races, I should mention that one of the battles our little town is fighting locally is against purely caucasian folks who are here legally. Since we're in the country, we have no city water or city sewage system--or trash pickup in many areas. We must rely on well systems, septic systems, and pay someone for trash removal.
The problem is that people are buying an acre or two of land, and hauling in trailers, just about wall to wall. Too many people for the septic systems to work, the danger of this waste water seeping into the well-water, trash burning even in dry seasons (wildfires are always a danger in windy Oklahoma) to get rid of the trash--all of these are glaring reasons for zoning laws and ordinances. To do otherwise would be almost criminally negligant. Our zoning laws say there must be a minimum of 2.5 acres per dwelling--not to keep the poor folks out, but for public health and safety. (If we had city water, sewer, and trash removal systems, it would be unnecesary.)
However, these people, like one_particular_harbour, think that since they own the land, they can do whatever they want. The town is actively gathering its legal resources to show them otherwise. Laws like these are simply common sense, not some kind of weapon to wield against immigrants.
That's because they are being hired by your fellow citizens. Which to blame?