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What have NIMBY's done in yout town?
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<p>The railroad in my town was the victim of the new construction project. So was half the town. Between 1897 to 1908, the state bought the entire village of Sawyer's Mills from the private owners, paid to reroute the railroad (through a tunnel and huge steel bridge!), then flooded the entire valley to create the Wachusett Reservoir so the people of Boston would have water to drink. Unfortunately, the railroad was rerouted on the other side of the reservoir, so the only railroad service in town was the local trolley line, which we lost in 1920 to a bus. [xx(] <br></p>
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