Quote from: [cancerblack] on Oct 29, 2019, 09:13:15 AM
I think I live in the NZ version of where Huggs lives, except we have daily air raid sirens to boot.
There's all kinds of trouble, daily river fogs, and this:
It's actually Eden out here. Even back in the early 2010's you could still sleep with your windows open. But what's happening now is that there's an immense amount of growth. The surrounding 40-50 miles is one of (if not) the fastest growing in the entire nation. We have trainloads of people moving to (or retiring) here, many of whom were stationed in the area during their time in the service, and they just kind of fell in love with the people and the land.
There's also a lot of wealthy people coming here as well. Lots of businesses too. Over just the last few years, I've seen 100's of acres of land logged, 2 lane roads expanded into interstates, beautiful hillsides being dynamited and hauled away, etc. In their place are million dollar estates, high-end housing units, and brother they are being built faster than you can blink.
I drive past miles of what used to be endless acres of forest with a nice log home here or there. Now half of it is destroyed soil, covered in giant rocks and chain link fence that runs right up to those old houses, and the other half is freshly built mansions and gated communities that seem to pop up overnight. I always thought it would be something that takes generations to happen. It's being done by the day now. And so, all the problems that come from civilization are eventually going to trickle their way out here.
