You do have your pet peeves, don't you? ;-)

Around where I live, there are (were) some huge lots that were split, with houses being built behind other houses. A friend lives in one of those huge lots, and behind here, where once she had a lovely view of the forest preserve, she now stares instead at the side of a house.

Recently, this neighbor was complaining about the lot on the other side of her, which had been split and the resulting houses which are being built. It's messing up my view, she said.

Oh, the ironies...

Here in the Santa Barbara area, I think the costs of road upgrades to accomodate new developments are generally saddled on the developers. I don't think it makes any sense to charge the farmers for it.

and that's why Pattie is saving her precious pennies to move somewhere she can still see vistas of nature and try as she mightly can to escape the soul-killing, mawing city.