• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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      4 months ago

      We have no knowledge of why it was there in the first place, we’re only given one side of the story. Maybe this was closer to a crosswalk, or nextdoor was less safe. We don’t even know if the stop existed there before she moved in. We don’t know. All we know is old lady didn’t like view of people outside her window and decided that instead of dealing with it she had to change it herself.

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        you are free to give it the worst possible reading. it is a story I heard from family of events that happened maybe 70 years ago. the stakes couldn’t be lower. unless you figure which municipality and bus stop were talking about, then you can complain and have the bus stop reinstated in front of the bedroom I might inherit someday

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          4 months ago

          I’m forced to give it the worst possible reading because we don’t have the other side. Personally, I read this as some HOA type who can’t be bothered to have a few people milling around while waiting for the bus.

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            4 months ago

            For context I got a picture of the place in google maps. and discovered that said bus station is no longer there at all, but I have marked were the bedroom is, the original location (straight in front of their window. and the exchanged location, no one was inconvenienced by that change. and albeit it was a minor inconvenience for my great grandparents, the fix was trivial.

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              4 months ago

              To me, that’s even less of a reason. They could still see in, she could still see them, I side with the city still. What was the point of moving it except wasting taxpayer money?

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            4 months ago

            I’m forced to give it the worst possible reading

            You’re literally not, in any way, forced to do that. That is a decision you have made.

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          4 months ago

          High stakes indignation, the highest possible. People with real problems don’t get that high.

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        4 months ago

        or maybe the city council couldn’t be bothered to move the sign a few meters to the left, and the fact that the construction still went through and nobody complained or pointed out any possible problems means that it was a non-issue

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        4 months ago

        We have no knowledge of why it was there in the first place

        So you admit you have no knowledge of this, yet assume it fucks the public to have it moved a few feet to the left?