Reply #5: Yep...A Very NIMBY Area [View All]

This was a resort area that's turned into suburbia...one of the few areas where you can find a starter home...or a retirement one. The population has mushroomed and the infrastructure hasn't. There are no interstates in the area (locals are fighting a 15 plus year proposal) and the area's services haven't kept up.

These people don't see the sales taxes...only the property tax increases that a larger local police department to patrol the beaches.

Again, I'm sure there's some bias involved, but that's not how it's being portrayed in the local media. The controversy revolves around the large number of people such an event would attract and how the community is hard-pressed to handle it.