#1: Not because of the gap between the rails.

#2: They shouldn't have purchased houses in the neighborhood if they don't like it - the line was undoubtedly there before them, and would have been apparent enough to any prospective home buyer.

#3: Yuppies, as a rule, dislike all rail traffic, because it "delays" them (sound familiar?) Pity for them, since rail transport is responsible for dragging their electronic gismos from the ports of California to distributors throughout the U.S. - no railroad, no Ipod, no Bluetooth.

-Kurt