Ruzty's Journal: Moving

So it looks like I'm going to have to move.

We just moved into this house a little over a yea ago. We had it custom built with nearly every feature we wanted. Our lot backs up to a retention pond with low-tension power lines running behind that. The builder promised us that nothing would ever be built behind us. There is an elementary school half a block down that our kids would walk to. We thought we had the perfect home.

Then bits of reality started to set in. The builder had not put the necessary aerators in the pond making it a bug haven. The power lines are going to be buried underground and a four lane through street is going to be rerouted along their old route right behind our house. And, finally, ComEd is going to build a coal processing plant within half a mile connected to the new through street and a previously light traffic rail line. Trucks and train will be rumbling through our back yard at all hours. Not to mention the potential hazordous materials a coal processing plant will belch into the air (and water) so near to our home.

That means we're going to have to move before our property value drops through the floor. Most likely we'll have to move twice if we want to be accomodating to anyone buying our house. And, we'll probably end up losing a lot of money on closing and moving for the thrid time in four years.

All I can say is... "Why me AGAIN?!?!?!"
-Rusty