Everyone knows that greed is the root of all evil. It’s used to explain why a developer would destroy a neighbourhood – they swoop in, make tons of money, then disappear leaving a mess behind – all for the sake of that intoxicating, corrupting profit.
The dictionary defines “greed” as an intense and selfish desire. Many times I’ve heard that greed makes people blind to the obvious and do things that don’t make sense in the long run. I agree. I believe it’s well demonstrated by hypocrisy and greed often arriving as a pair. It’s amazing how people’s perceptions of greed can be projections of their own intense and selfish desires.
If translated into the language of 9 year old, disagreements between neighbours and a prospective developer would often sound like a lot of name-calling and, “I know you are but what am I”. But really, doesn’t it take one to know one?
My advice? Don’t talk about the developer. Talk about the development. Don’t talk about what you don’t want. Talk about the qualities of what you do want. And please don’t fling the “greedy” label. Name-calling never helps.