Is there so much building develpment where you live that its a bummer?

Question

In my area, I often see construction vehicles knocking down trees and leaving less and less space for the animals to live.

Every time I see this I get; sad, worried, grief, angry, etc.

Hows mother nature holding up in your neck of the woods?

Answer 1

it's sad

makes me want to ring the necks of people who complain about deer coming into their backyards and they complain to housing communities to move them

first of all we're in their former homes, and you can't just move them, what if you just moved you to a random house away from your family and its probably crowded

i wish people would have more empathy

i wish i could buy up the rest of the free land out there to keep it from being cut down

Answer 2

A mixed bag here. Developers working with cities like Irvine, CA are allowed to develop densely in exchange for the "gift" of open space. As a consequence, Irvine is approaching build out, but on the other hand, the city now has over 4,000 acres of open space, with more to come. More of the foothills have been developed, which means firefighters have to protect homes in areas they could have let burn until a few years ago. And the deserts -- Omigod! -- Surprise, Arizona, in the middle of nowhere, is a pretty big town now. Many desert communities are expanding.

But then, I live in California, and there's so many national parks, state parks, county parks, and other wildlands it's a bit hard to complain sometimes. Still, when you see beautiful, rich habitat dozed over because the developer has plans and they don't want an endangered bird building a nest, and you know a few thousand more homes and the traffic they bring are right around the corner, it's a big bummer indeed.

Answer 3

I live in a fast growing city (Austin) and I see that all the time. But that is still better than the small dying towns I have driven through in this country. So sad to see run down little towns, shrinking instead of growing, abandoned buildings, all the young people move to places like Austin as soon as they can. They are ghost towns in the making. It is like death compared to birth. I much prefer the development to that kind of alternative. Anyway, as long as the world population is growing there will have to be development to build houses, schools, shopping centers and places of employment for all the new people.

Answer 4

Mother Nature split along time ago, although she is trying to make a comeback.