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Tankeryanker · 07-18-2015, 09:29 PM

I live in what use to be a small Central California Valley farm town with one of the smallest CSU universities available.

It use to be a town of less than 10,000 when I was a kid. Now it is much bigger, yet not huge.

On the way home from the store this morning, I notice that they had repainted the lines on the street and even the crosswalks. I am not sure how to explain the new crosswalks other than they looked similar to this. http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.co...es?oid=2261082

These are intersections that are almost as small as the intersections that the Cleavers would have had at their neighborhood crossings.

It just seem that the crossings were over done and made it seem like a whole lot of traffic was going to becoming down the street. Made me sad that small town is gone and big town must be right around the corner.

Made me feel like putting in disc one from season one and start watching when the world was so small a second grader could walk himself to school and uptown.

alliesw · 07-26-2015, 09:19 PM

I totally understand the sadness you feel. I grew up in San Diego in the late '50's and '60's and although San Diego, by comparison to many other cities was large, it was so much smaller than it is today. I haven't lived there since I was about 25 years old, but I have been back to visit, and I grieve the loss of what the city used to be. It's almost as if there are many cities within the city and nothing is cozy or personal anymore. There's a really good movie that I am sending you the link to that you might want to purchase. It is exceptional, in my opinion, as it speaks volumes about the changes that have taken place in our country over the past 50+ years. It's called, "On the Edge of Black and White." http://www.imdb.Com/title/tt1243947/

ponytail · 08-03-2015, 05:54 AM

Same here. Where I live use to be a farm and ranch town and it is cookie cutter homes, malls, crime, traffic. I watch LITB and wish for those days.

07-18-2015, 09:29 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	When the world is too big I live in what use to be a small Central California Valley farm town with one of the smallest CSU universities available. It use to be a town of less than 10,000 when I was a kid. Now it is much bigger, yet not huge. On the way home from the store this morning, I notice that they had repainted the lines on the street and even the crosswalks. I am not sure how to explain the new crosswalks other than they looked similar to this. http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.co...es?oid=2261082 These are intersections that are almost as small as the intersections that the Cleavers would have had at their neighborhood crossings. It just seem that the crossings were over done and made it seem like a whole lot of traffic was going to becoming down the street. Made me sad that small town is gone and big town must be right around the corner. Made me feel like putting in disc one from season one and start watching when the world was so small a second grader could walk himself to school and uptown.

07-26-2015, 09:19 PM	#2
alliesw Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 05, 2011 Location: Down South Posts: 58	I totally understand the sadness you feel. I grew up in San Diego in the late '50's and '60's and although San Diego, by comparison to many other cities was large, it was so much smaller than it is today. I haven't lived there since I was about 25 years old, but I have been back to visit, and I grieve the loss of what the city used to be. It's almost as if there are many cities within the city and nothing is cozy or personal anymore. There's a really good movie that I am sending you the link to that you might want to purchase. It is exceptional, in my opinion, as it speaks volumes about the changes that have taken place in our country over the past 50+ years. It's called, "On the Edge of Black and White." http://www.imdb.Com/title/tt1243947/

08-03-2015, 05:54 AM	#3
ponytail Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2004 Location: In Happy, Healthy, Wealthyville Posts: 4,273	Same here. Where I live use to be a farm and ranch town and it is cookie cutter homes, malls, crime, traffic. I watch LITB and wish for those days.