The comments are reproduced below with my comments after each one.
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The alternative locations suggested for this mast are not at all valid and do smack of nimby ism. Further objections will result if any of them are pursued
Here we go again, happy to have a better phone service but no in their backyard , snobs me thinks!
Just because there is tragedy and suffering elsewhere in the world why should you not feel you have he right to complain. What is happening in Japan and the Arab nations is unpleasant viewing and awful but it is no different from all the other wars or natural or man made disasters that have manifested and killed hundreds of thousands over the past years.
What may just be another lamp post to you is anotherĂ¢s unwelcoming eye sore. The people of Lowery Hill are perceived as an easy target at times but they also have to be commended for thier community spirit and pride that is no different than that displayed by other community groups around the city .
It's always the same with this area and it always has been. Even the Estate Agents promote it as 'north of the river' as if the south is downmarket.It's about time the local councillor stopped supporting these demands and took a reality check, they're the same as everyone else in the city and should be treat accordingly rather than be given special status.
NIMBYS
I live on lowryhill and have a mobile, i would welcome a mast any where if you look around they just look as if another lamp post has been put up.Any way just look at what has happened in Japan and stop winning on its not worth the fuss get a life. Get out more there is more to life than moaning on,Lets just cut mobile phone signal to Lowry Hill then.
I can honestly say that after reading this article I feel ashamed to be a member of the LHRA!! I understand that they have recently improved the appearance of the estate entrance but to consider it acceptable to move a phone mast to a a childrens play area or the corner of a small cul-d-sac is a disgrace - I wonder if any of the members/comittee who proposed any of these possible new locations live on these streets or would be in view of the mast.....I guessing probably not!!
See 2Saw the acronym LHRA and instantly thought of another NIMBY
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I am not a resident of Lowery Hill but I do think there is an abundance of these masts in the area. There are 3 outside Morrisons another in the entrance of the Enterprise Spice and what looks like another near Austin Friars. I think the residents have a valid point to object to the proposed site but I do not agree with the options they suggest as an alternative.
Is it necessary that these masts have to be in a pin point location or could it be situated on the Kingstown estate half a mile up the road.
Lowry Hill residents just think when you have dinner party guests who have never been to carlisle just tell them to turn right at the phone mast, saves buying expensive Sat Navs!
In reply to Paulm, do you really think that 'research' is given to the placement of these masts? I go for your second option a man in a van who drives around looking for a nice piece of grass to build it on!
If the entrance to Lowry Hill is one of the most attractive parts of the estate, why worry about spoiling it? newcomers will apparently be disillusioned soon enough! If long term health implications are still not known why on earth suggest putting it near a play area? Get a grip LH residents. If you want to live in the 21st century and have good mobile phone reception you have to pay the price, or perhaps you could ask for an invisible mast to be constructed especially for you.You are really showing yourselves up by refusing the mast.
I don't agree that it should be put at the "other side of the road", what difference would that make? and what about the people who live at the "other side of the road". By this suggestion, you are trying to move the unwanted forthcoming inconvenience onto the innocent people at the "other side of the road". How selfish!! So much for community spirit!! This is Lowry Hill not Beverley Hills!!
you've gotta laugh at these people from lowry hill they always complain they didnt want bus stops so they got hail and ride they didnt want a road put between them and the belah estate beside the enterprise so it never got finished they get lovely big play areas for their children when everyone else is loosing theirs like other people have posted i bet they're the first to complain when they don't get a decent signal
"A large mast at this point will seriously damage the aesthetic impact of this entrance area"it's a patch of grass next to a main road surrounded by 70's housing... I'm not seeing the view from Ashness Bridge here folks
its not like lowry hill to complain dont want it there but hey heres a list o other places u can stick it if LOWRY HILL dont want it why suggest others you use the mobiles so DONT COMPLAIN when its situated in your back yard
Is there something special about Lowry Hill?,of course people living up there don't use mobiles do they!!, you will have to put up the the masts just like everyone else.
Well Done to the LHRA for their opposition on this. They have done a fantastic job improving Lowry Hill and looking after its residents.
Got to laugh at the 'alternatives''The other side of the road', or in otherwords NIMBY....
The person who asked about the 'long term health implications', how many years did they sit in front of the old Cathod Ray Tube (TV) without a second thought ?
These locations aren't just pulled out of thin air, there isn't a man in a van who drives around and says "that's a nice space to put a mast"
Have a look around the net, use Google, and look at Celular Radio distribution, it's a fine art to give mobile coverage - and the amount of complaints because it 'doesn't work in my house' is amazing. You realy can't have it both ways.
Now I could live without my mobile phone, but I'll bet at least half of the people objecting have a phone, and half of them will be on O2/Vodaphone. It just comes across as a little hypocritical to me.
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