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DeltAlum, I'd agree if I thought any of the codes were meant to improve our safety. But I know better. Last year the DU house burnt down. Town meeting took it as an excuse to tighten the noose- we're all reeling under the code changes, not a single one of which would have prevented the fire. And now they're dragging us in front of the county housing court if we violate code. This is the one time in my life I've been willing to give into the 'they're out to get us' mentality- they really are!
Here's a charming anecdote- our darling neighbors (who all live in former Greek housing- we're the last house left on the original row) decided to try to drive us out. First they offered our landlords $250,000 cash for the house- which is easily worth 2 million. Then they made constant calls to the town inspector to try to close us. And when our sprinkler system went, they payed off our company not to come- we've no physical proof of that, but I find most businessmen don't refuse big jobs outright, and the rumor has come from so many independant sources that they must have done something. Greeks really do get the short end of the stick, at least in Amherst.
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