I am definitely guilty of lack of empathy. That kind of reminds me of a development I was involved in 18 months ago. Most all the people adjacent to the land we were developing didn't want anything on it. Really? You can't afford to buy it but you think the one who owns should be forced to provide you with a view of a field?
I read about some "conservationist" who built a house next to some wild area and once that was completed, spent the next five years screaming about halting development that was going to kill the earth. I think the earth will survive in spite of whatever we do to it; and one day it will be difficult to tell we were ever here. On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:35 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in a semi-rural area. Used to be rural until land developers added > subdivisions. I was one of those developers. > > Now, we have city folks coming out, buying a 5 acre ranchette and are > complaining about farming noises, & ranching smells. They don’t think you > should have the right to cut hay at 3 in the morning. > > Now there is a push to ban farm animals from the county... One old > rancher got reported for leaving his dogs outside in the winter. Those > dogs had never been in the house in their entire lives. > > Odd study in human behavior. I think it all boils down to selfishness and > lack of empathy. > > > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2016 3:30 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ammon City fiber > > > Who cares? Really...who cares. They chose to live somewhere without > internet. You want internet, move somewhere with it. Your job isn't there? > OK, guess you get to use internet when you visit the kids in the big city. > So you don't have internet. Who gives a damn? I am pretty sure oxygen still > flows without it and nobody is going to die. > > > This. There are upsides and downsides to living in the country. My > experience is that people who are truely rural aren't willing to pay what > it takes to deliver modern internet service, or they simply don't care. I'm > tired of this entitlement BS. >
