Author Topic: Downtown to connect community, Stony Brook University - Plans Stages  (Read 846 times)

jaghatai

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Something to consider is that their are "Stony Brook Village" residents, and then "Stony Brook" residents.  Most of the folks replying in those articles are older, and don't want their area being ruined by college students.  Lets be honest here, most of them are reading it as "oh no, my property values are going to decline as bars and hooligans invade my lovely little hamlet".

About 15 years ago, we had the same problem in Port Jefferson regarding a McDonalds.  The exact sky-is-falling vitriol was spewed then, because the community was going to collapse with the introduction of, *gasp*, fast food!

Much like most of the internet, I think we're seeing 90% of the noise coming from 10% of the people.
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