Too sad and true to be funny. Someone commented above that this situation is also true for humans…just wow. None so blind as those who will not see. It’s now commonplace to see spay and neuter campaigns, aka birth control, for our furry friends…me thinks our species needs to practice what it preaches.
Maybe developers should be required to only build or remodel existing structures – at least until all the run down and empty stores and businesses are rebuilt as housing and new shops and businesses?
Here they are turning old pasture land into new urban centers while the older areas are full of empty buildings and vacant lots – lots of empty stores and old restaurants and such. Turn old strip malls into affordable housing – it’s not like the homeless don’t live there anyway. That sort of thing, before allowing development in more rural areas. The savings on infrastructure alone should be worth the cost of tearing down or remodeling buildings.
Our local mall was mostly torn down and replaced with apartments – a good use of prime real estate. Plenty more buildings that have sat empty for decades here – they need to get rid of the tax right-offs the owners get for their “losses” on vacant storefronts and either make them take the old buildings down or reuse them. Also make rezoning easier so commercial real estate can become residential.
angelolady Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Over much of the world, less and less room for wildlife as human footprint expands.
RAGs almost 2 years ago
That bear should get together with Native Americans.
in-dubio-pro-rainbow almost 2 years ago
Here at GC there’s always a place for a funny bear…
distortion almost 2 years ago
Kind of like women in the United States.
Kaputnik almost 2 years ago
Our state either has a bit of a bear problem or a bit of a human problem. But come to think of it, maybe it’s not either-or.
flemmingo almost 2 years ago
A lot of places, the same goes for humans! Not enough room!
wolfgang73 almost 2 years ago
Preserve wildlife habitat, shoot a land developer.
raybarb44 almost 2 years ago
Thats what the coyotes and deer say all the time to us. We have all learned to share. Never feed them though……
revdem almost 2 years ago
Gonna love the buffet on trash day.
Just So So Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Unfortunately that’s exactly how it is.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
The big picture.
NaturLvr almost 2 years ago
Too sad and true to be funny. Someone commented above that this situation is also true for humans…just wow. None so blind as those who will not see. It’s now commonplace to see spay and neuter campaigns, aka birth control, for our furry friends…me thinks our species needs to practice what it preaches.
AndrewSihler almost 2 years ago
Outstanding.
Gent almost 2 years ago
Whadya knows. Them hyoomans is on a permanent picanic. Time to go on picanic baskets hunting spree. Tally hoo!
Gent almost 2 years ago
Time to go door to door and collect bear tax, cousins. You wants to stays, you pays, hyoomans. Pays in foods that is.
Mediatech almost 2 years ago
Bears have been wandering those same woods for thousands of years before any people showed up. So why is it that now the bears are the problem?
ChrisTrey almost 2 years ago
Maybe developers should be required to only build or remodel existing structures – at least until all the run down and empty stores and businesses are rebuilt as housing and new shops and businesses?
Here they are turning old pasture land into new urban centers while the older areas are full of empty buildings and vacant lots – lots of empty stores and old restaurants and such. Turn old strip malls into affordable housing – it’s not like the homeless don’t live there anyway. That sort of thing, before allowing development in more rural areas. The savings on infrastructure alone should be worth the cost of tearing down or remodeling buildings.
Our local mall was mostly torn down and replaced with apartments – a good use of prime real estate. Plenty more buildings that have sat empty for decades here – they need to get rid of the tax right-offs the owners get for their “losses” on vacant storefronts and either make them take the old buildings down or reuse them. Also make rezoning easier so commercial real estate can become residential.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 2 years ago
:’(
fdadlion almost 2 years ago
Here in Arizona, it’s rattlesnakes! If you live on the extreme fringes of the Phoenix metro area, remember; they were here first!