We have them around here, yes the farmers are paid to have them on their properties, but very few of those landholders actually live on those properties. I feel very sorry for people that do live near them and have met two families that believe they suffer negatively from them.
One of those families was from Victoria and they had moved from the family home after decades because of the effects on them from the turbines. Another couple that I've met were paid to have them years ago in the first installation, but certainly regret it now, they are an older couple and have been to the media, protests etc. They try to spend as little time at home as they can.
If you look into it, with the costs of building, running and maintaining the turbines they are not very economical and are heavily subsidised.
In answer to your question there is no way I'd want to live witihin a few miles of a windfarm. I believe they can be very detrimental to peoples health (depending on location/lay of the land) and if we are going to have them then put them offshore.
