The Flip Side: Neighbors want Wiffle ball field built by teens taken down
... empty lot so they would have a place to play football. Turns out it's a good thing Mr.Flip didn't grow up in Greenwich, Conn. Some teenagers there set up their own field for Wiffle ball in an empty lot. They cut down weeds and brush and even built ...... sitting on top of it. But the warm memories linger, renewed again last week by a somewhat similar story out of Greenwich, Conn. There, a group of teenagers took note of an empty lot in their neighborhood overgrown with weeds and poison ivy and .
... it comes to evaluating the woes of the wealthy. Kids are good at this. Especially teenagers. This brings me to Greenwich, Conn., and the current crisis there among some of the landed gentry. Greenwich is a town of roughly 62,000 people; most of them ...
Back in the day...
It was safe to play wiffle ball in the street - now air-conditioned giant SUV's dominate, and drivers cant hear - never look..
Neighbors talked, handled disputes - now they hire lawyers and sue.
You could play at or around the schoolyard in the evening - now everthing has to supervised or it is prohibited.
Let the kids play ball.
The property in question used to be - a recreation field and a pocket park.
What is the matter with these selfish people who have called the police, P&Z, the Selectmen, the Tree Warden, lawyers, politicians etc. etc.
Come September these kids are going to be in school and have other activities and will probably forget all about wiffle ball.
If these selfish home-owners would have just worked something out with the teens this wouldn't have made National headlines.
Now, because of all the ruckus these selfish home-owners created the whole world is talking about this and laughing at Greenwich!
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