this happens in the UK as well, people moving into country villages and then start virulent campaigns against this, that or the other that's been going on for centuries before these loonies arrive. keep to the Fen Causeway
"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Taught me to make sure to find out who my neighbours are on all sides of the building.