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This question was originally posted on the QT3 message boards.
Take the following list and rank it from least desirable to most desirable. Assume that you own a home and can’t move easily. You’re basically stating which of the following things you would want to have around you the least.
A) Nuclear power plant built 50 miles away (upwind, newer plant design)
B) Coal plant built 25 miles away (upwind)
C) Sex offender who has served his time (recently) 0.5 miles away
D) Major airport built 5 miles away (20% of flights pass over your house, roughly)
E) Halfway house opened with 12 residents who are mentally ill, 0.2 miles away (various mental illnesses)
F) Elevated rail line built 50 yards from your house/apartment. Station 400 yards away.
G) 200 foot tall windmills (ten of them) built roughly 5 miles offshore from your house (assume you've lived in said house for many years)
H) Municipal landfill (serving a population of 250,000) 0.5 miles away
I have my own thoughts on this, but I’ll post them later.
Take the following list and rank it from least desirable to most desirable. Assume that you own a home and can’t move easily. You’re basically stating which of the following things you would want to have around you the least.
A) Nuclear power plant built 50 miles away (upwind, newer plant design)
B) Coal plant built 25 miles away (upwind)
C) Sex offender who has served his time (recently) 0.5 miles away
D) Major airport built 5 miles away (20% of flights pass over your house, roughly)
E) Halfway house opened with 12 residents who are mentally ill, 0.2 miles away (various mental illnesses)
F) Elevated rail line built 50 yards from your house/apartment. Station 400 yards away.
G) 200 foot tall windmills (ten of them) built roughly 5 miles offshore from your house (assume you've lived in said house for many years)
H) Municipal landfill (serving a population of 250,000) 0.5 miles away
I have my own thoughts on this, but I’ll post them later.