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you talk about running the view.
tell you what gets me ...
those in power do not apparently care a one whit about the view for people
on the highway.
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There's this town in AZ, Sedona... these artsy wanna-bes with too much money
bought houses on the highway/main drag, right in front of the red hills and
rock formations for which the area is famous. Then they decided they didn't
like the highway noise, so they wanted to build long high walls all along
the road to block out the sound, which of course would block out the views
for everyone but themselves.
People for miles around were raising all manner of hell and hob about the
whole thing. I don't know how it ended; I'll have to ask my dad when we get
back out that way (reckon I don't care enough about it to google it).
...but it's another case in point.

Cya,
Robert