gwraigty
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I would assume that since you aren't a country girl, you can't or don't appreciate being in the middle of nowhere and slowly watching your "piece of heaven" [-]be developed[/-] have trees mowed down and ugly ass stick built homes put in.
I don't know what an "ugly ass stick built home" is, but I don't think of ours that way.
I live and was raised in a rural area. I dislike the idea of everyone moving into every cow pasture or piece of woods that comes available. The problem is that most newcomers move from the city and bring their big city ways with them. They all act the same, they get here and want to change our paradise into the crap hole that they fled from. The best solution is for them to stay where they are. We were all fine before they got here. The statement above about the area having more to gain from adding homes and stores is laughable. Could someone tell me how growth is beneficial? All that I see it accomplishes is more traffic, more crime, higher taxes, people complaining about wood smoke, the little stores we had disappear and super Walmart shows up.
What a broad brush you paint with. Laughable? Yeah, I guess the local government laughs all the way to the bank when they're collecting more income tax (well, not from retired folks), property tax, and sales tax from all the hundreds of new homeowners and retail stores. It is what it is, like it or not, and they surely do.
Actually, I didn't intend my post to be offensive to anyone, but you both seem to have taken it that way. I wasn't taking sides between rural folk or city folk, or the OP and his wood-burning neighbor. I can understand both sides of it.
Thanks for the reminder of why I took an extended break from posting here. Maybe I'll take another break, or maybe I'll just make it permanent this time. I'm quite tired of the condescending tone that some use when addressing some women on this forum. I'm not your target practice.
Merry Christmas and goodbye.