I just finished reading the front page article about the Silvana man whose property the county claims is a junkyard.
While much of it may be classified as junk, I’m sure that a lot of his stuff is usable. I, for one, would love to go out to his home and rummage around to see what I could use for my arts and crafts. Doesn’t anyone watch HGTV?
To be more serious, he did grow up during the Depression and most of those people find it almost impossible to throw anything away. My grandmother was the same way. There is a mental disorder in some people that causes hoarding. They cannot help it and it can cause them serious stress when their possessions are removed.
The most important thing I want to address is that of the new developments being put in rural areas. How dare these people complain and worry about their property values? The people in these rural areas have called their land home for years, sometimes for generations! I am so sick and tired of developers destroying the land and of the people who move into an area and then start complaining. What nerve!
I love the rural areas and wish developers would just disappear most of the time. What about the commandment to “love thy neighbor.” Instead of the constant complaining by new people living in the new developments, why don’t they find some compassion in their hearts and help the gentleman out with this problem? They could hold a big yard sale and run it for him. They could organize it all into categories. I would be one of the first ones to help out. Neighbors, friends and fellow mankind, see what can happen when you open your hearts!
Cynthia Danielson
Everett
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