good time to bring up the word encroachment ... anyway,

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(Last edited/updated April 15, 2023)

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This man, James Ryan, felt the need to interject his thoughts concerning an area that he doesn't know anything about or he is just blatantly disrespectful. He commented on a Facebook post about a new mixed-use building in an older city neighborhood that borders industrial areas. The neighborhood actually has been subjected to some of the worse contamination of particle pollution in the metropolitan area. There was even organized clean-up efforts and lawsuits involved. (There was also guides issued by the gov't for residents ... here's some history in this article and in this article.)

He comments that "... there's a Walmart like 2 miles away" on an article about a new small grocery store that's going into a space in a new mixed used building. The closest one is actually 3.7 miles away and there's a local bus that has a direct route but again, it's partially industrial areas. There's also people with physical disabilities in the locale who don't drive. Why be so crass?

From his profile, he's traveled and attended college (degree? I don't know) but he seems like he's genuinely in love with himself and arrogant enough to chime in with an indignant attitude. I'm not sure that the local property owners really mind the building being in their neighborhood.

I've researched the company behind the project myself in course of my advocacy. Like I've told people employed by the company, there was a lot of time & effort put into helping me by dedicated & well educated people in the human/social services field and some would specifically talk with me about this very subject of property management with residential units. The mismanagement and subpar employee aptitude problems that any type of business contends with can lead to devastating consequences for their tenant customers. I found a serious complaint that was substantiated by HUD (pdf on hud.gov), so a corporation far from perfect. The company's founder & CEO, Noel Khalil, passed away after starting the project and the pandemic certainly affected the progress. The building opened a few months afterward. (So there's that... huh? Oh, yep & they're out of Atlanta so the events of 1912 in Forsyth County, GA would probably resonate with them.)

So there's the reasoning behind this website. The young man annoyed me since his portrayal of the whole situation was shallow & rude so in lieu of arguing with him I set up this website. Content use in conformance with fair use