S.F. woman trying to shut down pickleball court has one in her backyard

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"In the Wall Street Journal story in May, the Petersons said they bought the home in 2007 for $16.65 million, invested $10 million in renovations and decided to sell it because their teenage children are in boarding school and they have another property in the city, as well as homes in Aspen, Colo., and Indiana."

I imagine their "financial situation" has left them completely out of touch with the common person.

“Home values within a 500-foot radius are sinking, deterred by the unyielding noise. This isn’t just a hit to homeowners; it’s a blow to our local economy,” it states. “Let’s halt the noise, protect our wildlife, and secure our property values.””

lol zero shame. at least they’re honest i guess.

not really. Wildlife?

Yes the endangered Million-billed Landlarder. They’ve been facing stiff territory competition from the Billion-billed Landlarders.

They keep throwing "wildlife" into every sentence in the article, but the rest of the quotes keep getting worse (i.e. more honest) until the one I quoted, where they basically call home prices the "local economy". Reminds me of a political candidate whose staff keeps reminding them to say "wildlife" but inevitably lets the truth slip out.

Million-dollar idea: a contest for the Worst Wildlife Quote, similar to the Bad Hemingway contest!

I'll start: "We must not criminalize car break-ins, to protect our wildlife!"

So if we want to bring down ludicrous house prices, we don't need to have nights of burning and riots, or even a dictatorship of the proletariat, but we can just run a pickleball tournament?

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