Those against the idea use parochial arguments.
Fujii I'm sorry if you interpreted my council spray as being against innovation. Indeed the opposite is true. The reason for my post was to inspire others to rid themselves of the all too common handbrakes on our society.
Once the Naysayers are made powerless then the innovators can get on doing what they do even if they come from a small town. This is an aviation forum and I seem to recall a couple of lads from a small town called Dayton did rather well for themselves.
Maybe they had an enlightened council but more likely they were sensible like most of us and told their council nothing.
