A preview of things to come?

[Thermodyne]

Xrati, Your post reminds me of a true life story.

In the town where I live, a large block of land was owned by a mining company. They wanted to dig a big hole and sell off the stone. We to a look at their facility on the other side of the county and decided we had to prevent them from ruining our town. We went to the county, we went to the state, we went to the feds, and then we got some lawyers and did it all over again. Then we got some good lawyers and went after it a third time. And just for good measure we tossed in a housing development that the mining company wanted to build on the edge of their property. So we have our days in courts all over the place, and in the end we prevent the big hole but get 60+ new homes and a big bill. So I kick in my share and move on.
Now the mining company has sold off the 1000+ acres and the buyer wants to build 2000+ town homes. The community gets together and led by the owners of the last new development, want to fight the developer. They say that it will ruin the value of their homes. So when they came calling on me, to see if I would contribute to the cause as I had done in the past, I declined. And then told them that I hadn’t given up on trying to keep them out!

All things change, some to your liking, some not. Since I’ve been around SE, this will be the third big change. Some to my liking and some not.

You can try to keep them out, but it might not be worth the cost. And in the end you will only slow them down. You’ll either have to adapt, or move on. If you want an exclusive “gated community”, then make one, it’s easy. Otherwise just sit back and see what happens. Oh, and I would assume that someone let you in here at some point. Doesn’t the rest of the world deserve the same opportunity?