Alex K Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bluerevolution writes: "As for residential, the > local housing were built AFTER the stadium so any > complaints aren't viable." > > I live on Abbotswood Road -- in one of those units > of local housing -- and I try to be a good > neighbour with respect to activities at the > stadium and grounds. "It'll all be over in a few > hours" has got me through many sulky moments. > > When one of the football club's officials > expresses as his or her opinion, however, "We were > here first so naff off", that strikes me as > un-neighbourly. > > "We have our ways, ways that we cherish -- we > recognise that they reflect in some respects the > environment in which they were formed -- we > recognise that that environment has changed -- > we'll look into how our ways adversely affect you, > our neighbours, and, when practicable, we'll try > to change those ways to be better neighbours" > would impress me more favourably than a version of > "Nobody likes us, we don't care". > > Expand the stadium and activities there? Not for > a group who don't care that nobody likes them. A couple of questions here. On a scale of one to ten, how much does 700-1500 people having a good time for a couple of hours once a week make you sulk? Question two: Why on earth did you move near to a football ground if your intolerance of a bit of noise for a couple of hours a week makes it so unbearable you have 'sulky moments'?