*sigh* I try not to fall into the "old-fart game," of lamenting the supposedly glorious past when everything was so much better, but... gosh, it's easy to get down about how things are going right now. Were people always so apathetic?
I can say that one of the big things that made me most want to move to this area of the country was a refreshing sense of real community, and in particular, personal courtesy, a sense of general respect for people that was very different from what I experienced in the suburbs we'd been in. My partner and I spent some time one day while scouting out the area watching the elementary schoolkids play in the playground at recess, and we were both shocked at how courteous they were to one another. I mean, still being normal rambunctuous schoolkids and all, but actually helping one another and being in general, quite nice, older kids playing with younger kids, and so on.
I try not to be too pessimistic about where this country is going, but I'll also admit that one of the plusses for living in this area is that, in extremis, we're a short hop from the Canadian border.
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Date: 2005-12-30 04:08 pm (UTC)I can say that one of the big things that made me most want to move to this area of the country was a refreshing sense of real community, and in particular, personal courtesy, a sense of general respect for people that was very different from what I experienced in the suburbs we'd been in. My partner and I spent some time one day while scouting out the area watching the elementary schoolkids play in the playground at recess, and we were both shocked at how courteous they were to one another. I mean, still being normal rambunctuous schoolkids and all, but actually helping one another and being in general, quite nice, older kids playing with younger kids, and so on.
I try not to be too pessimistic about where this country is going, but I'll also admit that one of the plusses for living in this area is that, in extremis, we're a short hop from the Canadian border.