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Good luck noco... As far as our local hunters they for the most part are the most respectful and knowable.
It's the weekend warriors from the city that get lost and shoot each other or shoot something that wasn't in season or something people don't hunt.
When I relocated to a town of 650 I could never have imagined that it would become the next "Hamptons" and city people are flowing in. Now, they help local services and really fix the old places up nice and put up nice new homes for sure. Most of these people don't hunt or fish or wheel which is a good thing.
But I am afraid they will want more convenience hence name brand corporate stores popping up and replacing home town down town mom and pop. Which is the story of the end of small town America in general told a million times over.
I can sympathize with you; it's a sad tale all over. The local hardware store loses out to Home Depot, the local cafe loses out to Chili's. I try to shop local and use local services but where I am it's getting harder and harder. I tell my friends that I'm going to move in a few years "back" out to the country.
I think it can work when former natives of the town move back to it at some point with a desire to be of service and give back to their newly adopted community. Examples of this would be teachers, doctors, small business owners settling in areas where there is a need for improved health or educational services. They have already lived in that small town or one very similar to it, so they know the lay of the land, so to speak, what to expect, how to conduct themselves.
IMO, 'city' people should stay there. They bring their lifestyles with them and ruin if for a lot of country people. No more leaving doors unlocked. Rude drivers, fast paced lifestyles. Contracts take the place of a good ol' handshake. I watched Maricopa (Az) go from one extreme to another, how sad. Now its a whole different class of people and many simple life people who used to live there are now the 'outcasts'. But again, just judging form what Ive seen.
Thank you for your post.
I live in the city, and desperately want to escape - permanently.
I HATE the loud base "music" from cars going up and down the streets. I try desperately NOT to hate the folks driving those cars. People in the city seem to hate quiet times. For some stupid reason, they must blast their hideous "music". Who wants to hear that (*&^%???
City people are so full of themselves, and rude, and thoughtless. They are @*&^%. The less of them around, the better.
I hate the rush-rush of traffic.
I hate people standing too close to me. What happened to being polite?
If only I could move to a rural area where the closest house is two miles away... I certainly wouldn't bring city ways to the rural area. My style is low-key. I love the quiet. My pace is slow, and my temper and demeanor would surely calm down minutes after settling in a rural place.
But I don't blame rural residents for NEVER, EVER wanting city folks in their area. Unfortunately, I dwell in the city, and I don't want the city folks near me, either.
I wonder how many people not wanting city residents moving to their area were city people themselves before re-locating.
I had to make the point on the Missouri forum to a California transplant that stated he didn't like all the new development and growth going on in his area and was afraid it would end up like California. I had to politely remind him that he moved there himself and was every bit a part of the growth as every other newcomer. He rationalized by saying the former homeowners moved away so he really wasn't part of the growth, he was just "replacing".
Newcomers want to be the last newcomers. Any development prior to their move is not noticed. Development that happens afterwards is.
Something important to remember is no one has any control over where they're born. If they don't like the place they're from, why should they stay? If they think your area is better, take it as a compliment.
I had to make the point on the Missouri forum to a California transplant that stated he didn't like all the new development and growth going on in his area and was afraid it would end up like California. I had to politely remind him that he moved there himself and was every bit a part of the growth as every other newcomer. He rationalized by saying the former homeowners moved away so he really wasn't part of the growth, he was just "replacing".
Newcomers want to be the last newcomers. Any development prior to their move is not noticed. Development that happens afterwards is.
Good post !
Our county has enacted some very strict zoning laws .
Where I live, we are zoned A-40 ( agriculture, 40 acres minimum)
Therefore the new law states there can only be one house per 40 acres.
When we had input meetings before passage of the law, I was surprised that the area farmers hollering the loudest that we need tougher zoning laws were farmers who had recently sold tracts of land off in small parcels where houses were built.
Jealousy !
They " got theirs" and wanted to be sure no one else would be allowed to profit.
Something important to remember is no one has any control over where they're born. If they don't like the place they're from, why should they stay? If they think your area is better, take it as a compliment.
Well, sure, as long as they don't try to turn your area into a replica of the area they moved from!
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Whether it's the "I've arrived, now let's pull in the drawbridge" types, or the folks who go, "don't go changing my town!", nobody's ever "entitled" to stop change and progress, and keep things "frozen" like some Disneyland attraction. In fact, if it weren't for "City folk" and "outsiders", much of the South would still be segregated even today.
“He not busy being born is busy dying”…Bob Dylan 1965
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