Good point Richard
~Judy
JUDITH Kogod Colwell
Long & Foster Real Estate, INC.
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Takoma Park MD 20912
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On Oct 7, 2021, at 10:13 PM, Richard P. Cember <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Without addressing here the economic, social, environmental, racial,
historical, etc. issues of "Thrive 2050," I will just say this from personal
experience:
Living next to a construction site of a building very close to your own
house, but considerably larger than your own house, is a truly miserable
experience that goes on for a good solid year and a half, if not more. While
admittedly not in the same category as death in the family, divorce, cancer,
bankruptcy, etc., it is something that I would wish on few people. (Before
the Trump Administration, I might have said, "an experience that I would not
wish on anybody," but now I am not saying that. I am saying that I would wish
it on few people.)
If you must work, you gather your computer and papers to flee somewhere else
for the day. You must leave your own house. It's very inefficient, but on
many days you must do it. Luckily I had a place to flee to. Elderly people,
disabled people, people caring for young children, etc., can't easily flee
for the day. They just have to listen to the bulldozers, compressors, or
whatever it is at any given time.Your home is not your home any more. Far
from it. Especially when it shakes, though that phase doesn't last too long.
So when people talk about "thoughtful, balanced", etc. - that is fine as long
as you don't have to live next to the construction. So the planners will
plan, the builders will build, the politicians will politic, and they will
all deposit their checks and go home to their quiet homes, while you have a
construction site next door. Eventually, when the dust settles, if you are
lucky, nice people might move in who are not responsible for what you went
through.
Richard Cember
412 Boston Ave.
