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Tom Pendergast's avatar

Really appreciate this post Andy. We’ve lived in the same house for 27 years, and over that time the state highway that passes near our house has grown increasingly busy. I try not to let it drive me mad, this incessant noise. I try to tell myself that it’s like the crashing of waves on the beach. I don’t want to leave this home we’ve lived in and improved, but there are days when the noise is just too much …

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Julia Ringma's avatar

"Talk to people." This is important. Also, listening to them. Do planners even ask people what people want? Like the "street people" issue downtowns have; has anyone from the city asked the street people what they really want? I bet they haven't.

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