If you don’t like the chickens, get out of the neighborhood
Who doesn’t know that a hog farm or a chicken processing plant produces bad odors?
Who doesn’t know that a school, or a mall, or a factory produces a lot of traffic?
Who doesn’t know that an airport, or railroad tracks, or heavy industry produces a lot of noise?
Who is so audacious, self-centered or foolish as to build or buy an upscale home near one of these industries and then complain about the odor, noise or other inconvenience it produces, or to demand its change or removal?
Who cares about their inconvenience or short-sightedness?
The only thing that matters is, who was there first?
Bob Sargent
West Columbia
This story was originally published September 23, 2017 at 8:28 AM with the headline "If you don’t like the chickens, get out of the neighborhood."