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Published on July 28, 2005 By Dr Guy In Current Events

Here in Central VA, we have a situation.  It seems some shady developers (redundant I know) built some sub divisisions (pricey ones) and FORGOT to tell the residents that there was a quarry near by!

The Clown Commissioners errrrr sorry, county Commissioners did not deign to check out the neighboring county to see what they were doing with the land on their side of the border.

Long story short, a Quarry has been there for 30 years, mining and blasting.  Now the Home owners are demanding the quarry leave!  OMG!  How terrible!

Excuse me please?  Whose fault is this?  I blame first the developers.  They should have done their homework.  Second, I blame the clown commissioners.  They should have done some checking!  Third, I blame the homeowners!  Hey!  I bought a submarine house during a drought!  I found out during the rainy season!  Fault?  Miine!

Who do I not blame?  The Quarry operators!  They have been blasting and mining for 30 years!

I equate this with the doofuses that buy a house on an airport aproach  pattern!  Hey stupid!  The airport was there!  You just did not do your homework! It is not like this quarry sprang up over night.  And any doofuss could have done a simple search of surrounding property!

Too lazy too?  Get a good real estate agent, or sue them for not telling you!  But leave the company alone.  They did not lie, decieve or try to hide what they were doing.  And I dont give a diddley damn if they have deep pockets or not.  It is your screw up not theirs!

Sheesh!  What a bunch of mamas boys! Pathetic.


Comments
on Jul 28, 2005
just more proof that people WILL NOT accept responsibility for their own actions.
on Jul 28, 2005
Yeah...umm...if I'm going to invest that much money in something...as well as choose a place to live day in and day out...I'm going to take the time to find out about it.

We test drive cars. We research TVs and electronics. Why the HELL would you not find out about the area surrounding a potential home?

Idiots.
on Jul 28, 2005
Insightful/Interesting article Dr. Guy...
on Jul 29, 2005

just more proof that people WILL NOT accept responsibility for their own actions.

I dont like the blasting either, but then I am not going to blame the company if I made the bone head blunder of not checking out the neighborhood before buying!

on Jul 29, 2005

Why the HELL would you not find out about the area surrounding a potential home?

Most people dont realize that a real estate agent is representing the seller.  But that they can also hire a buyers agent (and the Seller still pays them - part of the Commission).  Since my Uncle was in the business, I always hired - so to speak- my own agent who represented me in the transaction.

on Jul 29, 2005

Insightful/Interesting article Dr. Guy...

Thanks

on Jul 29, 2005
Hehe. This reminds me of when my wife and I purchased the home we're in now (just last summmer, as a matter of fact). People kept looking at us like we're crazy (white folks willingly moving into Petersburg, a majority black community that's not very well known for it's tolerance of folks considered "different"). Well, okay, we are crazy, but that's not the reason why. The also mentioned the school system. When we considered all of the things about the house. It's in a quiet neighbourhood, on the edge of town. We were even aware that the highschool and one of the middle schools was right around the corner. We were even aware of the piss poor reputation of the local school system. I mean, I have lived in this area for 15 years. Come on!

So, in spite of that, we bought the place. We even checked the state's (er, commonwealth's) Registered Sex Offender site and realized that there was one about 6 blocks away. No problem, we just be extra careful.

Now, we know that not everyone does this.

How on earth does someone miss a quarry that's been in the area for 30 years? Sheesh. Talk about not performing due diligence (on the buyer's part).

Gah.
on Jul 29, 2005
Nobody ever accepts blame anymore. I bet some blowhard politician will come in and suggest the mining company come up with a solution or he will. When ask the simple question to the developers and homebuyers, Why didn't you do some checking after all the mining company has been there 30 years? Maybe the developers and homebuyers will use the "twinkie" defense. Your home is only of the most important things you will ever buy so ummm how about doing some homework. Common sense is getting to be extinct in this world. Maybe they thought if the kept the receipt then ...

--"I equate this with doofuses that buy a house on a airport approach pattern"--
In my hometown, developers built a subdivision that was right next to the airport. Afterwards all the homebuyers were at city hall complaining about the noise. Did they expect the mayor to build a new airport someplace else? The mayor's solution to the homebuyers (and the mayor did get flak for this) was to sell their homes to deaf people. Some homebuyers even would go to the airport and picket with signs saying, "Airport Noise is Plane Wrong".
on Aug 01, 2005

Reply By: Chaos Manager

Petersburg, eh?  Where they just fired and then rehired their School Superintendent? Heheheeh

It could be worse.  You could have bought in Fairfield or the Blackwell area of Richmond........life expectancy - 6 months!

on Aug 01, 2005

Did they expect the mayor to build a new airport someplace else? The mayor's solution to the homebuyers (and the mayor did get flak for this) was to sell their homes to deaf people.

You still got it!  Deaf people! ROFL!

on Aug 01, 2005
Geech they are definately all at fault there! Most of all how can the homeowners not check out where they're buying there homes? That's just mind boggling!
on Aug 03, 2005

Geech they are definately all at fault there! Most of all how can the homeowners not check out where they're buying there homes? That's just mind boggling!

Given the price range of the house, most of these people are doctors and lawyers, so it is not like they are stupid.  Just lazy.