"Many village managers are reluctant to adopt a program that will upset residents and possibly cost them money."

Tell them it can upset or offend other residents.

The proposal has upset residents living near the base, and met with a mixed reaction from the travellers themselves.

The process of reassessment, currently under way in the town of Rye, has upset residents of Rye Brook, Mr. Rosenberg said.

This has upset several residents.

A plan to build a luxury high-rise near the Hudson River has upset residents of the West Village, who say the structure would cast a shadow over their neighborhood.

The killing has upset residents of the quiet residential neighborhood, Ms. Hynes said.

A proposal by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to use three Riverdale side streets to turn buses around has upset some neighborhood leaders and residents of this quiet area.

But what seems to upset local residents most was the timing of Mayor Bloomberg's news conference.

A plan to ease congestion along the western edge of Houston Street has upset residents and local business people, who say it would ruin their neighborhood and endanger pedestrians.