Too Many Rats In The Cage

Think of earth as a cage.  Think of humans as rats.  There are too many rats in the cage.  Do you know what happens when there are too many rats in the cage?  They get all agitated and start to gnaw on each other. 

Think about it.  That's exactly what's happening.  There are too many people clamoring for limited resources.  Why else do you think everybody is on edge these days and half a bubble off?  Why else are we so trigger happy and aggressive?  Why else would the quality of life be diminishing?

Which bring me to the term 'transplant.'  A transplant is a person who voluntarily moves away from their origins because they thought it sucked, only to want to make the place they left exactly like the place where they came from. 

Yesterday I had lunch with a west Sonoma County friend who has roots in the area that span 130 years.  Her family has held the same property for that long.  My friend is what they would call 'old school' which means they raise farm animals and have agriculture.  My friend's family has carved out the wilderness and created the gem that draws so many people to Sonoma County from other areas.  We have not fuhcupped it (yet).  Sonoma County is the way it is currently because of the pioneering efforts of my friend's family. 

Along come the moneyed transplants.

These people move in and then bitch about everything, trying to make it like the place they came from,  and they have the time and money to whine about it.  The transplants bitch about the burn day (for which my friend has a permit).  They bitch about fences that have been there for 60 years (which were disclosed when the transplants bought the adjacent property).  They bitch about the crowing roosters (again, the roosters were there before the transplants ever were).  They bitch when my friend cuts down their own trees on their OWN property (which were a hazard).  These transplant people move here, and then bitch about the people who created the place they now enjoy. 

No respect. 

Please, annoying moneyed transplants, move back to where you came from.  You're ruining Sonoma County.  To those who move here and embrace and don't bitch?  The welcome mat is rolled out for you. 

Again, too many rats in the cage.