Farm livestock in city

[jay]

One block watch on the west side was all set to raise chickens this year.  Permission was denied.  The block watch had to move the hens to the suburbs.

These are some to the delicious eggs from the former west side hens.

[northside lurker]

A little over four years ago, there was a couple who bought some acreage on the east side, who wanted to raise a few farm animals.  I was all for it, but they were ultimately turned down for a zoning variance because there was a NIMBY (not in my back yard) who said no.

[Towntalk]

iwasthere

[iwasthere]

ytownshrimp i did not opposed your idea but how all sides handled this situation. i rather be awoken up by a chicken, theiving, starving artist any morning then a gunshot by yoyos.

[Youngstownshrimp]

Haven't I been living this nightmare growing shrimp in the City and now it is a topic of interest today.......I must have been ahead of my time....who is John Gault?

[Towntalk]

I was just getting up west side folks hooters. 

Really, if you folks want to oppose folks having a few hens in their back yard that's up to you ... I couldn't care less.

As to the North Side folks we are 100% opposed to the idea ... and that's a fact that you can take to the bank.   Community gardens    yes    chickens    never  . We'll leave that to the west side farmers  .

[northside lurker]

Do you mean to tell me that the artists in the garret across the street from U-Haul are on welfare? Gee, if they're that poor, how do they pay for the materials they use to "create" art? If they're so poor that they need food stamps then they have no business wasting their limited financial resources on non-essencials. Who pays the utility bills for their garret? I suspect that the gas and electric bills for that building aren't cheap.

I have no idea.  You said they could steal some chickens living in Mill Creek Park, if the city allows small livestock.  I just linked to the article to say that starving artists don't need to steal chickens, anymore.

[Towntalk]

A starving artist is an artist who sacrifices material well-being in order to focus on their artwork. They typically live on minimum expenses, either for a lack of business or because all their disposable income goes toward art projects.
Some starving artists desire mainstream success but have difficulty due to the high barriers to entry in art such as visual arts, the film industry, and theatre. These artists frequently take temporary positions (such as waitering or other service industry jobs) while they focus their attention on breaking through in their preferred field.
Others may find enough satisfaction in living as artists to choose voluntary poverty regardless of prospects of future financial reward or broad recognition.

[Towntalk]

Do you mean to tell me that the artists in the garret across the street from U-Haul are on welfare? Gee, if they're that poor, how do they pay for the materials they use to "create" art? If they're so poor that they need food stamps then they have no business wasting their limited financial resources on non-essencials. Who pays the utility bills for their garret? I suspect that the gas and electric bills for that building aren't cheap.

[northside lurker]

Put the stupid livestock on the west side so that the starving artists can paint them along with pretty posies. There's more empty land there than the rest of Youngstown ie. Mill Creek Park. The Lake Glacier/Lilly Pond/Fellows Riverside Garden area would make perfect places for chickens to live, and they would be close enough to the starving artists so that they could swipe a few and make a quick getaway back to their garrets

Haven't you heard?  Starving artists, a.k.a. "hipsters" aren't starving anymore.  They just get food stamps:
http://www.salon.com/2010/03/16/hipsters_food_stamps_pinched/

[Towntalk]

Put the stupid livestock on the west side so that the starving artists can paint them along with pretty posies. There's more empty land there than the rest of Youngstown ie. Mill Creek Park. The Lake Glacier/Lilly Pond/Fellows Riverside Garden area would make perfect places for chickens to live, and they would be close enough to the starving artists so that they could swipe a few and make a quick getaway back to their garrets

[iwasthere]

its a no brainer that ytown should embrace the livestock issue with open arms then the vast empty lots on the east south and north sides of ytown can be produtive.

[Towntalk]

Commission holds off on decision on small livestock in Youngstown


http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/nov/21/commission-holds-off-on-decision/