when East Springfield Virginia was developing in the early-mid '60's, knew a guy that held out for far more than going buyouts. Ended up all but isolated in a tarpaper shack with condemned well & privy.
There are four to five houses mixed in amongst the taxiways and runways of Tokyo's Narita airport. Farmers who refused to leave when they built the airport and who are still working their little parcels of land.
I saw something decades back re that exact thing. The Govt. subsidised him in his right to keep farming rice,as his family had been doing for generations.They valued his small suburban plot at $3 mill. back then. Say what you will,but the Japanese revere their forbears as not many do.More's the pity.
Here's the thing though. Those farms are surrounded by taxiways and runways that are used by aircraft. Big aircraft. Big aircraft that leak oil and hydraulic fluid. Aircraft that at times have de-icing/anti-icing fluid dripping off the wings.
It all drips onto the taxiways. Those taxiways are built higher than the surrounding area and crowned so that said fluids and water will run off. So it runs off into the surrounding lower terrain, which in this case includes those farms. Not sure that I'd want to be eating food grown in soil that is laced with the above fluids.
I used to see the same thing in Boston before 9/11. During low tide the water level drops enough to create mud flats around the airport. We'd be taxiing out and not twenty feet from the edge of the taxiway people would be digging clams. No way I'd ever eat those.
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when East Springfield Virginia was developing in the early-mid '60's, knew a guy that held out for far more than going buyouts. Ended up all but isolated in a tarpaper shack with condemned well & privy.
ReplyDeleteThere are four to five houses mixed in amongst the taxiways and runways of Tokyo's Narita airport. Farmers who refused to leave when they built the airport and who are still working their little parcels of land.
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I saw something decades back re that exact thing. The Govt. subsidised him in his right to keep farming rice,as his family had been doing for generations.They valued his small suburban plot at $3 mill. back then. Say what you will,but the Japanese revere their forbears as not many do.More's the pity.
DeleteHere's the thing though. Those farms are surrounded by taxiways and runways that are used by aircraft. Big aircraft. Big aircraft that leak oil and hydraulic fluid. Aircraft that at times have de-icing/anti-icing fluid dripping off the wings.
DeleteIt all drips onto the taxiways. Those taxiways are built higher than the surrounding area and crowned so that said fluids and water will run off. So it runs off into the surrounding lower terrain, which in this case includes those farms. Not sure that I'd want to be eating food grown in soil that is laced with the above fluids.
I used to see the same thing in Boston before 9/11. During low tide the water level drops enough to create mud flats around the airport. We'd be taxiing out and not twenty feet from the edge of the taxiway people would be digging clams. No way I'd ever eat those.
Matt
Reminds me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
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Bob has never been too bright...................
ReplyDeleteProbably doesn't have to worry about tornados thought..
ReplyDeleteThe movie: “Up”.
ReplyDeleteGreat movie.
DeleteGood location for a drive thru carry out
ReplyDeleteProof, you can fight City Hall. I guess he showed them eh?
ReplyDeleteThe constant white noise hum of traffic ensures a good night's sleep.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the master bedroom is on the first floor.
ReplyDeleteNow, now, that house is probably worth every penny he paid for it, 40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it could be 4 rentals. So, he's probably making some money from them.
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ReplyDeleteAll he needs to do is plant some kind of endangered tree or plant. Then force them to close the highway because it harms the plant.
ReplyDeleteAnti-beer bottle fences, but you can still hit the first floor if you skip it through the grass at the right angle....
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