Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Most of us know a small town or rural area when we see it. Certain thing stand out, like cows, crops, or more trees than people. Yet it is unlikely any two of us could agree, exactly, on a specific definition of how small a town must be to be considered “small”, or how rural […]
[v=zWHUsXQyLZs] How are we ever supposed to improve our economic situation if we can’t even agree on what the problems are? Here we are, a good two-three years through the Greatest Recession/Depression/Indigestion since the 1930s and we’re still arguing about who did what tho whom when. The trouble with current events is they’re just too […]
Although I’m an urban planner in a rural region, I still pay attention to global trends in development—who is growing how where. Trends by their very nature tend to pop up from unexpected places. It’s almost impossible for a cadre in some global center like New York or London to manufacture a real trend. They […]
