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Old 03-05-2008, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by brooke View Post
That's pretty funny--a mob that you can join, having a voting share in, sponsors clean-ups for the neighborhood, youth activities, a Town watch, gets grant money to maintain parks, etc...all in their free time. Yeah, they're evil, evil people. My particular committee to put a dog park in the neighborhood was the most evil of all. Hey El, you ever been to a neighborhood association meeting? Do you have any idea what you're talking about actually or do you just read Phillyblog about it?

Brooke...wait until there's more development and you gain new membership becuase people want to oppose construction of something.


I do go to these things.

Most of them turn into a very typical thing.

Only those opposed to growth start to run it.


They move to a city for a city then want their immediate city to act like a suburb.

Or as Society Hill's NIMBY association said.. "We have a village in a city here we are trying to protect"

Then move to a village.
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