Originally Posted by
CathyA
It's called Moderation. It's called controlled development.......of which there is neither around here. And to say that I'm being inconsistent by living in the country, or driving to the store is well, just silly. I wouldn't mind if everyone lived on 35 acres and grew their own gardens and didn't run out and buy a lot of crap. We moved into a house that was already here 35 years ago. I would say, for the most part, we live pretty gently out here. One of my pet peeve phrases is "You got you're little piece of heaven, now you don't want anyone else to." To that I say B.S.! As I've said before, 10 miles from me a few years ago they bought 1700 acres of farmland and turned it into a city........big box stores, apartments, hospital, etc., etc., etc. You can't tell me that moving into an area like that is like how DH and I moved out here. Greed and short-sightedness rules all the time. There's no way that my calling officials, complaining, protesting, etc., etc. would make a damn bit of difference here. Plus......I'm not a social person. Why do people in the country always have to be the ones who have to adjust to the greedy, consumeristic ones? Everything falls on a continuum, and in today's world (at least here in the U.S.), there's no moderation or discipline or insight.
I thought my travels to the big city yesterday were over, but today I had to drive to DH's work and sign some tax papers (because someone stole his SSN and filed under his name).......so back I went. The big thing around there are "roundabouts"........dozens of them, one right after the other. You almost need a dramamine to go there. Plus, they are re-doing many of the roads, making raised highways above the old ones. I feel bad for older people or visitors when they are driving through these double-laned roundabouts that have all sorts of hieroglyphics as to where you need to be to get where you're going. I went through several more wooded areas that are now huge businesses and McMansions.
Yes, each generation is saddened by "progress"........but we're reaching a point of no return. IMHO it's just not sustainable. But hey......who cares what our children and grandchildren have to deal with.....as long as, in this moment, we get our fill of everything we could want.
I'll tell you this...........it makes leaving this world seem a little less awful to me.