If only the DC press would adopt this tone with NIMBYs

[Anonymous]

Toronto paper does an amazing job skewering couple upset about a utility pole on their street: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto-million-dollar-home-hyrdo-pole-809202

[Anonymous]

I'm a bit sympathetic actually. It would suck to have a utility pole installed like that dead center of your front yard. I don't blame them for trying to get it moved a few feet to the side... that seems like a reasonable request:

See article - “We completely understand and accept there will be a pole, we just want to ask if they can consider a different location,” Ankennman said. "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit sympathetic actually. It would suck to have a utility pole installed like that dead center of your front yard. I don't blame them for trying to get it moved a few feet to the side... that seems like a reasonable request:

See article - “We completely understand and accept there will be a pole, we just want to ask if they can consider a different location,” Ankennman said. "

I agree. We have them in our yards in Arlington, but they typically in between the lots. It looks intentionally bad.

[Anonymous]

In DC a number of years ago, we actually paid to have the utility pole in the alley moved a few feet to create an extra parkign space.

[Anonymous]

The utility should have known better.

[TheGreatEscape]

I think the writer, Ishmael N. Daro, comes across as a jealous asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In DC a number of years ago, we actually paid to have the utility pole in the alley moved a few feet to create an extra parkign space.

WHAT?!? I want to do this! Who did you pay? This would give us ONE parking space.