I’d mentioned that we went to see the Fenner Windmill Farm again today, in Madison County. I don’t know what it must be like living up near them, but I do think they are rather beautiful, and majestic. The entire area up there is absolutely beautiful; I tell the kids that this area of New York is probably the most beautiful of all. People are very wise to want to preserve its beauty.
There were several new cell phone towers up there from when we last visited two years ago. I never knew it before, but landowners lease a portion of their property to cell tower companies. What a lucrative idea, that of cell tower site promotion! I used to think that cell phone towers marred the scenic countryside, but I have changed my mind. I think if towers are placed tastefully, why not? It benefits the landowner, who gets that extra income that, here in New York State, is always welcome. And since obtaining a cell phone, I am much more appreciative of cell service out in the “boonies.” Winter driving in these parts can be life-threatening; I think it is beneficial to have phone service available for emergencies. Of course, I’m against speckling every square yard of farmland with towers; but towers are more powerful these days, and I was impressed with the ones we saw today.
It was only about a decade ago that people in the Adirondacks were up in arms about cell phone towers in the forest. The cell tower company tried to appease the people by camouflaging the tower as a pine tree. LOL, it didn’t work very well; everyone around here calls in “Frankenpine.” But cell phone towers are becoming part of our way of life, similar to the telephone poles and electric wiring poles of yesteryear. What do you think? Do you think towers mar the scenery? Do you think the cell tower industry can have a symbiotic relationship with landowners?
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