Montana Jones

Paving paradise

He:

I watched it happen in California when I was growing up. My parents were farmers and the area I grew up in was all agrarian and pastoral. As I got older more and more people moved in to the area and there was more and more development. Today I don't recognize it at all. It's all strip malls and suburbs.

She:

They paved paradise.

He:

That's right. And I see the same thing happening here in Montana too. Bozeman has changed a lot. And Lewistown is growing.

She:

And Whitefish.

He:

But the strange thing to me is I asked my parent's what they thought of it. They lived there through it all. They just sort of shrugged and said "its progress". They thought it was normal.

Me:

You know, I think I agree with your parents. Personally I would prefer to live in a community that is economically prosperous and growing and thriving. I would certainly prefer that over somewhere that is stagnate and dying without opportunities. Unfortunately one of the prices you pay is paving paradise.

Labels: Bozeman, conversation, economics, growth, Lewistown, opinion, paradise, pave, Whitefish

Posted by: Montana Jones / 8:33 PM