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If I had the choice I would choose golf course strictly based on what it does for home values and the fact that we sell houses every few years and are not in our 'final home' at this point. Now, if I didn't care squat about home value and they were putting in a gun range and there was strict opposition I would negotiate a lifetime free membership and VIP service in writing to help their cause as a voice in the community.
I would NOT want to live that close to a range. I like my quiet neighborhood, thank you.
These people probably DID complain about it, and voice their dissent. Just because you complain, doesn't mean you get your way. Everyone on here should be very aware of that.
But then you live in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. 22 square miles surrounded by sanity. Used to be a nice place 20+ years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeJerk
I am in the same boat. The range at PPCC is about 1/4 mile away. I also am next to Ft Carson so I get lulled to sleep by night fire.Quote:
I'm less than a quarter mile from a range, believe it or not. But I can't shoot at it
Law enforcement only range :/ 25 yards (or is it 50?), but they do rifle qualifications there and practice with NFA class along with handgun of course.
Depending on the angle and the distance from their house, it would be funny to take shots at people's targets on the range ;)
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Originally Posted by Sturtle
Althought I like golf and shooting, I prefer not living near the golf course. Few things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
- Tired of cars driving in a small community at a 15+mph of speed limit ( if +5 mph,,, guilty! :) )
- I dont like mosquitos!
- Theres no benefit of living in a golf community that I cannot afford to be a private member of it.
However, i do miss a shooting range at HWY 7 near Erie that got replaced by golf course. :(
I think you guys are confusing having a back yard that opens up to a golf course to living near a golf course. Could you imagine having your back yard open up to a rifle range? lol
You're inlaws would come over during a suppressor shoot and say, "MAN! Sounds like you have some MONSTER mosquitoes around here!" haha
No, I don't think we're confusing it at all. You DO tend to tune out things you hear repetitively. Beyond that, safety regulations probably require a buffer zone so they don't actually open up to the range in their backyard.
As I alluded to in my previous post, the tone I'm getting from the article is that they did NOT complain and voice their dissent in the range approval process. Las Vegas was one of three areas in the country most affected by real estate overevaluation and the resulting collapse. I find it far more likely they bought high and are caught in a situation where no one is buying anything in Las Vegas and are blaming the range instead of their own poor judgment.
I've lived on AF bases off and on for the last 20 years. Nothing is louder than an afterburner take off of an SR-71, nothing. I slept right through them. Before that station, I was at a F-16 base that had over 70 F-16's. Day and night afterburner take offs almost every day of the year.
I don't even hear them anymore, and before it's said, yes I passed my retirement hearing test.
I would LOVE to live that close to a nice range. That's just way too cool. I could put the saved gas money into ammo. I suspect the bitching party might just be democrats, er I mean non-gun embracing citizens. F'em.
Bitch less, shoot more.
I am sure that they knew about the range before hand, same as Bandimere.
Rather know where the gun fire was coming from than to live in an area and wonder????
Fuk em.