TomT wrote on Feb 5^th, 2020 at 1:58pm:

Jimbo wrote on Feb 3rd, 2020 at 3:14pm: I think it is fair to say Harlan was a "change agent" (probably a fairly aggressive one) and, well, we all know that most folks don't do so well with change. You nailed it right here Jimbo.  It's small minded people who were jealous of Harlan or looked at him as a disruption to their "control" over the area.  They probably saw him as an intruder and representing wholesale change to the area.

  I wouldn't assume that Harlan's enemies were ALL small-minded people. Harlan came from southern Ontario which is very Liberal and a very hustling/bustling place. Not knocking that, just saying that how it is.

He came for a trip, fell in love with the area and decided he wanted to make a life for himself up there. Nothing the matter with that either.

  The problem is many people LIKE that small town, slow pace lifestyle. The ones that don't move away after HS, the rest stay.

  Harlan came it with his hard-charging ways that being from where he came from is the norm for people starting their own business.

  To the locals that is EVERYTHING, they don't like about "city" life. Neither side is 100% right or wrong for that matter.

  I have sister and brother-in-law that lived in CA for most of their married lives. When he retired they moved to Prescott AZ because CA was too expensive to continue to live the lifestyle they were accustomed too.

They built a very nice home in a subdivision that the minimum lot size is 2 acres and the zoning is such people can have horses/ goats/llamas/chickens but not BREED them for profit.

They are Rottie lovers and have 2 of them at all times. They fenced in their 2 acres and all was well at first. Then THEIR CA very Progressive values kicked in and the trouble started.

They went to a neighborhood association meeting and complained that the smell from the animals was so bad they couldn't enjoy time outdoors on the patio!

They didn't like that the roads were not paved but hard-packed gravel with a coating to keep the dust down. More horse friendly. There is also a neighborhood GUN RANGE at one end that backs up to state land.

It gets minimal use but it does get used.
Well, that went over like a lead balloon. People told them, you left CA because it became unaffordable to you and now you want to BRING that mentality here!

So now they don't talk to any of their neighbors and of course, they think THEY'RE the ones being treated unfairly.

It appears Harlan isn't the innocent he made himself out to be in that video? That doesn't excuse people vandalizing his property or running him off the road but then that's HIS side of the story too.  :-/