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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I support this facility's existence and its location.

OP, you are a NIMBY. God forbid it doesn't come back to bite you in the form of a child with a dual diagnosis. [/quote]

Why?

Why support it by a school when it could be located elsewhere?

Why support a 16+ bed for-profit facility on a tiny cul-de-sac squeezed between two little houses when it could be located elsewhere?

They are abusing the zoning loophole to maximize their own profits.

Literally nobody can justify this specific project at this scale in this location. Nobody.

And I’m glad people across the county are signing the petition. Hopefully the county council will wake up and take action. [/quote]

Because that elementary school is a federal drug-free school zone, which means the enforcement of sobriety requirements at this facility will be ferocious. And that means that this really not appreciably different than any other group of 16 people living in a house, which is not uncommon and none of your business.

Everyone needs to live somewhere, and that includes people trying to recover from substance abuse and mental health issues. [/quote]

[b]Who wants to live next to a house (or in this case, a for-profit residential treatment facility) with 16+ people (plus staff)?

It’s like living next to a house party 24/7. [/b]

[b]ICYMI: addicts/alcoholics are big time smokers. Who wants to see dozens of people smoking outside by the school?[/b]

[b]Again, it’s the size and scope of this project. [/b]

As noted in the thread, our neighborhood already has multiple residential group homes. We aren’t nimbys. The difference is a 4 person home is very different than a 16+ business. [/quote]

I have lived next to houses with 16+ people for prolonged periods of my adult life and liked it. I'm living in eyeshot of a significantly larger right now, actually. I don't know why you assume that your personal preferences for hypersuburbanized cul-de-sac monoculture are the preferences of a majority.

It is not the size and scope of the project that you object to, anyway; you don't like the idea of who will be living there, as your repeated digressions about the characteristics of addicts demonstrate. Own it. [/quote]

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