Hey, @mariannewest.
Ah, cats. Apparently it decided it wasn't worth trying to jump over the wired part into the yard? Just how much of a fall would it be? I mean, come on cat, where's your sense of adventure? Letting puny wires get in your way. :)
That's too bad about the two acre lot. Progress, I guess. For better or for worse. I usually fall on the side of progress, but I understand how it can be detrimental if taken to the extreme, and at best inconvenient. Hopefully, you'll be able to find the happy middle.
Not for the cat, though. The cat can stay on its side of the wall. :)
hahaha - yes, cat. Stay on your side of the wall unless you want to hung gophers....
If I would have had money, I would have bought the property and turned it into a park... we need those.
I'm surprised the city didn't. Here, they tend to snatch up things like that, or at the very least, require the builders to leave a 'green space.' Of course, that's been more like in the last 20 years or so, but newer developments have been doing it on a fairly regular basis.
I suppose it depends on what happens at the parks, too. They can be havens for criminals, drug addicts and homeless camps. Depends on how the city polices and acts towards those groups whether they encourage them to congregate there or not.
Up here, that tends to happen more in the larger cities. The smaller towns tend not to put up with it. :)
Our city is small and has been run by incompetence for a long time. They see more money coming in if they have more houses and are neglecting to create a vision for this town. It could be a cute destination town. Instead - it is not. Let's just leave it at that....