I think people get really agitated by eminent domain. Here in Orange county, NC; UNC is building a new campus on the local landing strip ("airport") and got the state to approve eminent domain to obtain land for a new airport in the county, even though RDU is only 25 minutes away and transferring service to RDU would cost $2 million vs. $50 million to build a new airport. What gets most people around here is that the old airport was closed to development by UNC and then UNC is taking land to build a new airport, which is in reality used for private donors to fly in to watch basketball, not for University business. Point being, of the abuses of power by government regularly committed, eminent domain has possibly the most tangible negative effect on individuals and has a lot of resistance.