Friday, February 09, 2018
Disrespect Fayetteville
In 1978 my family purchased a home in Vanstory Hills. My parents worked their entire lives to be able to afford this home. "BRAC" and a handful of oligarchical businessmen have disrespected our neighborhood and continue to lower our property values. As investors attempt to improve the image of Fayetteville with downtown development and urban sprawl, citizens continue to leave Cumberland County. Crime has risen to a critical point, soldiers are moving to Pinehurst, and Vanstory struggles to survive. Mirror Lake Drive has been closed for over a year inconveniencing neighbors and congesting traffic. Vanstory unknowingly has become Miramar. Flight paths to Grannis Field have been changed, and BRAC has made Fort Bragg the largest military base in the country. Air traffic strafes our neighborhood continuously. Low flying aircraft above the tree line spew allergens that continue to make our eyes burn inside our homes. We cannot open the windows, and the toxic jet wash is killing our foliage. Our neighborhood has become expendable for the good of BRAC and the wealth of local industry. DAK, Cargill, Chemours, Valley Proteins, Hexion, Fayetteville Block, and Goodyear are priorities for CSX-T. PWC is overcharging customers, and Duke Energy demands users pay for the clean up of their coal ash. Never has such a community including the Gold Coast, Skye Drive, Vanstory Hills, and Huntington Park been treated so poorly. My father is turning over in his grave.