> aside from NIMBY neighbors who don't want the increased traffic and activity
This made me laugh. Let me try to explain why. Kenosha/Racine are about as far from SF Bay / crowded metropolis as you can get. They're bedroom communities of Chicago and Milwaukee with one or two major local employers.
So, trust me, none of the locals care about the traffic/activity. If anything, they welcome it.
However, locals do care about the environmental impacts. Tourism, growth of bedroom communities, and other economic activity related to the location's environmental appeal helped the local economy sustain the hit from auto factory closures. A dirty, polluted lake would rob this region of a somewhat unique/defining natural resource. And the locals know all too well that factories come and go.
So, far from NIMBYism, there's a very intelligent and hyper-rational, purely economic concern about the economic impact of degrading the local ecosystem.
This made me laugh. Let me try to explain why. Kenosha/Racine are about as far from SF Bay / crowded metropolis as you can get. They're bedroom communities of Chicago and Milwaukee with one or two major local employers.
So, trust me, none of the locals care about the traffic/activity. If anything, they welcome it.
However, locals do care about the environmental impacts. Tourism, growth of bedroom communities, and other economic activity related to the location's environmental appeal helped the local economy sustain the hit from auto factory closures. A dirty, polluted lake would rob this region of a somewhat unique/defining natural resource. And the locals know all too well that factories come and go.
So, far from NIMBYism, there's a very intelligent and hyper-rational, purely economic concern about the economic impact of degrading the local ecosystem.