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To: Mama Bear who wrote (1797)	3/3/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13062

It needs fertilizer factories, but not stinking up my yard. That is why zoning regulations exist, to restrict unreasonable impositions on a neighborhood. As for the brothels, if you suppose that the world needs them, there is little I can say. But see my previous post to M...

To: Mama Bear who wrote (1797)	3/3/1999 3:45:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13062

Exactly. My next door neighbor had a broken down car on his property for some time. I didn't call the gov't to pass a law to make it illegal. I spoke to him, and explained that I wasn't pleased with the look. I felt it devalued the area. He got offended, so I offered to buy it from him for $150. Being more than it was worth, he took it. For $150, I improved the look of my community by much more. Another fellow wouldn't cut his grass. Some people wanted to pass a law about the length of grass....I spoke to him about it. He cut it. If a brothel opened next door, I would speak to others in the area. If the general consensus was we felt it was a devaluation of our property, we could approach the owner and see if a viable solution was possible to make everyone happy.