I often babysit for young children near the street to which Steve L. is referring. There are a few houses near that street, many with young children, and as Steve said, only two on the actual street, making it safe for the kids and I to walk on. It's always been a quiet, friendly area where neighborhood kids played--like you hear about kids in the '50s. As the construction started, I was shocked to see the aforementioned trailer and portable bathroom immediately in front of one of the two homes, especially when the street had been extended so much. As the kids and I continued walking, there was litter: metal aerosol cans on the side of the road or half buried, soda bottles, wrappers...things I'd never seen on this road before Dykstra Excavating arrived. The kids were upset, telling me that "those people ruined it!" I didn't want them touching any of the debris, so we turned back. It's so sad, and I can't imagine how hard it is for the homeowners suddenly having a public restroom at the end of their driveway or their once-picturesque neighborhood filled with loud machinery and trash; there goes the resale value, eh? How do you even sell homes there? Who would want to live there? It makes me think of Ernest Goes to Camp; I half expected angry neighborhood children to start launching parachute-clad turtles onto the ill-placed trailer and port-a-john. I'm surprised to see a local business acting so carelessly. read more
