Originally Posted by
alan s
I’d say they lost their property when the railroad went through, and are not getting it back, ever. When was the railroad built? A hundred years ago? The property owners are raising bogus claims of trespassing by stealth camping? Pretty lame argument. It really just comes down to selfish greed.
That's not how it works. The land was taken through eminent domain and owners were paid a fraction of the value, with the agreement that if the railroad ever ceased to function, the land would revert back to the original owners or their successors. You may view it as "selfish greed", but the property owners see it very differently.
It's easy to see rights and property as trivial or meaningless when they're someone else's. The guy who stole my bike figured I wasn't using it and he needed one. Why should I get upset?