Until it's installed, there is no way of knowing whether Living the Dream will be good neighbors and insulate their compressors or not. If their inclination is in line with the way they're moving next door to LHP, it doesn't look too promising. But, I'll admit, that's my conjecture.
On the other hand, the Easterbrooks have gone to the expense of filling tanks off site and transporting them to the LHP dive shop. It's more costly for them to do that, but it also demonstrates the respect they have for the community, their customers and the guests at LHP.
Personally, I'm not looking forward to having twice or more the number of divers on the LHP miniwall. The Easterbrooks and Divetech have done a lot to keep that reef in good shape and populated -- culling lionfish and maintaining low-impact diving and watersports. Living the Dream has done nothing, and yet they stand to profit from everything Divetech and the Easterbrooks have done.
As for "throwing their weight around," the Easterbrooks and Divetech have done a lot for scuba diving and dive tourism on Grand Cayman. The most driving force for bringing the Kittywake to Grand Cayman and West Bay was Nancy Easterbrook. If not for Jay Easterbrook's dock designs, Cobalt Coast and LHP wouldn't have the boat access and shore diving their customers enjoy. Divetech has a well-earned reputation for being a premier dive training center, and its staff have been consistently honored as being among the best instructors in Grand Cayman. The Easterbrooks' philanthropy and their support of kids' and underwater photography programs, community and ecological events have benefited divers and Cayman for years. I haven't seen any evidence that Living the Dream has done anything like that. Instead, it looks to me like they've attached themselves to LHP like a leach attaches to a host.
