"I think the developers underestimated our community."
However, the rich liberals don't want the working poor in their backyards. These workers clean their [rich people] pools, mow their grass, police their neighborhoods, and serve them food -- are forced to live off the island and commute to work because of affordability housing woes.
Residents, such as Perry, claim the low-income development isn't a case of NIMBY-ism but instead about protecting the environment.
She added: "It's going to weaken our infrastructure, it's going to put our first responders at risk, it's going to put the community at risk."
The Daily Beast said residents are slamming the low-income development with lawsuits at every avenue they can get:The Housing Appeals Committee gave Surfside Crossing its final seal of approval in September 2022, but the fight didn't stop there. Less than a month later, the developers were hit with three lawsuits challenging the decision, including a filing from the nonprofit Nantucket Land Council that claimed the construction would threaten its work on behalf of public lands.