tiny homes?

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/strasburg-council-planners-wrap-up-udo-discussions-consider-fowl-and-tiny-homes/article_649d2945-b512-580e-b564-6529ae5764b4.html 

who thinks this stuff up? 

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said:

“Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Everyone is not entitled, however, to their own facts.”

“Personally, I think this would be a neat selling point for Strasburg,” Zeimet said. “I don’t think Winchester has anything like this or the surrounding areas, and it just seems like this would give you a better quality of life versus, you know, a bunch of apartments that go up and up and up and got people just stacked on top of each other.”

Councilmember David Woodson mirrored those thoughts, sharing that he thought it would be a great option for the retired community of Strasburg, along with young couples and single people.

“Most people who retire don’t want to retire to townhomes,” Woodson said. “They want to retire to something like this.”

Mayor Brandy Hawkins Boies also expressed enthusiasm for the tight-knit communities tiny home clusters could potentially create.

“It’s like an instant neighborhood of connections,” Boies said.

Where are the facts to back up the "I think...I don't think...It just seems like...he thought...most people don't want to retire to townhomes. They want to retire to something like this...could potentially create an instant neighborhood of connections...etc."?

Here are some facts:

https://otinyhouse.com/disadvantages-of-the-tiny-house-lifestyle/ 

and this is from a guy (Peter Velin) who is a tiny home advocate who built and lives in his own tiny home. 

Also, if you look closely at the photo below you'll see the wheel. Why wouldn't "tiny home developments look like a trailer park"? dah!!!

Here's an idea. Why don't you research the facts before you leap?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiny_house,_Portland.jpg

attribution: Tammy, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's a...

duck! 

https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/strasburg-town-council-defers-vote-on-gas-station-following-continued-neighborhood-outcry/article_91fb0f5e-d552-5d7f-9aa4-ba256b1bfa93.html

homeowners, you're right! There are serious safety concerns. the town planning commission messed up in approving a gas station at this location. they should have approved zoning that is no different from the zoning in your adjacent, much larger, community. 

keep hammering away! don't let the town tell you different from what you already know. building a gas station at this location would be a colossal mistake--an obvious safety hazard to your community and a slap in the face.

don't let the town make you pay for their screw-up!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ladybugsleaf/41408499/in/photostream/

attribution: Lisa Roukis and flickr

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Do you ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors at town hall? 

• this deal?
• other rezonings?
• zoning exceptions?
• the botched industrial business park?
• Comcast?
• etc.

Would they pass the smell test?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/135213460@N06/21473796202/in/photolist-5LNL8c-5uvhEc-hN1djZ-5Sqz9E-oWpjmC-8hqSWY-6hz4pa-iFiov3-c5aijs-KzfYk-fwJWW8-oQVhc6-oQV7tm-4YfsC4-oQWpQk-oQVKjd-LqUe-p8onb9-4N6YBr-KzfYi-5JhY7H-Q58Tt-5uvi7X-88biBa-4XJsz3-7NxQCw-5uzDTU-22jqDM-w55JD-yHyPty

attribution: mmntz and flickr

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What I do know is this: I'm 77 years old and I've been around the block more than a few times. I don't need some nanny or nannies at town hall telling me what is good for me and bad for me. I can figure that out for myself. so can you. 

gridlock

what do you get when you combine an intersection of two US routes with weird geometry, narrow streets, huge tractor trailer trucks, a milk plant, and antique shops, restaurants, and other small businesses lining both sides of the intersecting state highways?

answer: gridlock

https://www.flickr.com/photos/shan213/12199101024/in/photolist-jzZzJ1-jKgLpV/

attribution: Shannon McGee and flickr

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The intersection of US 11 and US 55 in old town Strasburg VA may be the worst intersection that I've ever seen. 

What's being done about it?

answer: NOTHING

While the current mayor and former mayor tout their supposed accomplishments prior to November's election, NOTHING has been or is being done about the worst intersection that I've ever seen.

yada yada.

PS add street lights in the roadway of US 55 to the weirdest intersection that I've ever seen.