If life in these United States were a role playing game, the lowest difficulty setting would probably be a straight white male who is one standard deviation above meanheight. (Unless you are a good enough athlete to get into the NBA being much taller than that is not so good) Tall people have never been denied the right to vote.
The council said it had had nine letters of objection, including complaints from the South Hill Residents Association that the new pier would obscure the sea view, the extra height would mean it overlooks houses and it had the potential to create extra noise.