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Old 08-23-2022, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by vintageogauge View Post
Yes. It started when the first home was sold south of 44 well over 5 years ago now. Prior to that it was mostly bashing the developers for some reason.
In 2010, when we bought in Pennacamp, weekly on this site, (our post for recommendations for contractors) posters loudly told us

We were stupid to move there, it will take you 10 minutes to get to a grocery, or LSL (minimal stores open then)

25 minutes to drive to SS and KB’s, because that’s where all the shopping and restaurants are

You are surrounded by neighborhoods that don’t belong to TV, the crime rate will be horrendous and You should fear living in a house at the Ends Of the Earth.

You will never sell your house, will lose your entire saving for buying in such an unstable neighborhood.

So the bashing has been ongoing long before 44, and posters were just as ugly and bullying in 2010 as they are now.