COMMENT BY
Bard from Hilton Head Island, SC
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Hilton Head Island, SC
COMMENT
Intolerant and Insufferable
I have lived on barrier islands in the SE for forty years and on Hilton Head for the past twenty years. HHI is self destructing due to the fact that it the population has become a very conservative republican group. This is a sad change from an easy going apolitical group 40 years ago to a nasty conservative group. The Republican values of ignoring the environment is opposite to what made HHI desirable. Light pollution, density, dangerous traffic, loss of green space are now problems. The Island was not designed to give any public view of the ocean and the few view corridors of the salt marshes are disappearing. Homes and businesses are showing the seedy signs of aging and no plan for remediation is even discussed. Racism is visible and ugly. Although the economy depends upon service industry employees there has been no attempt to create affordable housing for them. As a proximate result about half of the Island is now formally recognized, declared, and admitted as a high crime rate. Personal crime from strong arm robbery in daylight, home invasions, and homicide are real concerns. After 40 years I am leaving. Intolerant group of people who feel that problems do not exist if you ignore them.