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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by SilverFox on Sun Apr 12 03:55:47 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Apr 11 22:15:33 2009. And far better for it to be a nicely done trailMy concern would truly be "Not In My Backyard" with people coming within inches of the backyard of my house when before access was restricted by the right-of-way or by the fact that there was no reason to be there even with the ROW abandoned. It creates a security concern and an overall quality-of-life concern with more chances for litter, random noise (at least railroad noise is predictable and fleeting; kids crying and teenagers shrieking and radios blaring isn't), and vagrancy. Where once a light chain-link fence would keep out the stray marauder, now I'd have to put up a far more permanent and probably opaque border that spites me as well, keeping breezes out and ruining any sight lines I had off my property. No, I don't want to mingle with interlopers on the trail whether they were my yuppie next-door neighbors out for a jog or busloads of youts from "disadvantaged" neighborhoods being treated to a lungful of fresh air. They weren't there before, so why would I want to welcome them there now? A trail in my backyard would be a gross invasion of my privacy, and I can understand the concerns of those who think that way as well. Sometimes there is beauty in ruins. Nobody looks at the Parthenon or the many antiquity sites in Israel and says, "Let's get this place cleaned up. Out with the stone aqueducts and in with the cookie-cutter prefab houses." No sale on the trail. |
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