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Fair? Fair is in the eyes of the one who pushes the hardest.
I agree with you entirely. "When in Rome do as the Romans," I say.
But you can thank the "green movement" we so love, and it's many offshoots, for the urbanization of our rural spaces. Everyone and their brother now thinks that living in the country is the way to go. "Be Green and Love Mother Nature," is the new motto.
Once the unheard cry of the hippie elite and fringe whackos, it is now on everyone's mind to own a little piece of the country while they still can. So, all this talk of green, country living we so love to chatter on about is actually the root of our own discontent. What a paradox, eh?
As a Realtor, I've seen it played out over and over. The American Dream has shifted somewhat.
And as always happens when you find transplants, anywhere, you also find they bring their old life with them. Look at the early immigrants to this country - they essentially set up the "old country" in their new homes.
If I moved North tomorrow, some part of my would denounce all Yankees for not having decent 'grits' any where in sight. And no "sweet tea?" Heathens all of them....
Every frog praises his own pond and it is human nature to want what you know, wherever you are.
In the end you get a hybrid, since neither can truly get rid of the other. It's probably best to welcome the city hordes and tutor them, making them country... before they have the chance to "citify" the country.
Since much of our ever increasing population wants to "get out there," the sanity you save may be your own.
Good comments, Randy.
