So we're trying to get backyard chickens legalized in the town where I live. I was prepared for objections about the potential noise of it, the smell, possibly carrying disease, etc. What I wasn't prepared for, however, was the snobbery :
People in Plano don't want to see, hear, or smell farm animals in their neighbors yards. Plano is know for well kept, cleanly manicured subdivisions, and the residents of Plano would like to keep it that way. Love it or hate it- that is the middle/upper middle class suburban culture that exists here.
So apparently
A) Middle/upper middle class people in the suburbs don't raise chickens
B) Chickens tear down shrubberies, houses, and trees and generally wreck the landscape. Those must be some MONSTER CHICKENS!
C) No other pets people keep legally are ugly, smelly, or loud. Dogs never bark when you don't want them do, poop in places they're not supposed to, or attack other people's pets.
I just get so annoyed when people can't be rational about these things-- to research them if they're ignorant, and if they are ignorant to shut up until they can offer an informed opinion. Instead, what you get is people freaking out because somebody wants to live a little differently than they do.
So apparently
A) Middle/upper middle class people in the suburbs don't raise chickens
B) Chickens tear down shrubberies, houses, and trees and generally wreck the landscape. Those must be some MONSTER CHICKENS!
C) No other pets people keep legally are ugly, smelly, or loud. Dogs never bark when you don't want them do, poop in places they're not supposed to, or attack other people's pets.
I just get so annoyed when people can't be rational about these things-- to research them if they're ignorant, and if they are ignorant to shut up until they can offer an informed opinion. Instead, what you get is people freaking out because somebody wants to live a little differently than they do.
