The so called Beautiful Orlando

[purplepeepee]

Here in Orlando Florida tons and tons of tourists come in and out everyday. Not only that, but there are ones that move here, and there's way too much construction. Every small patch of woodland is for sale. New expensive housing areas, shopping malls, etc. are due to arrive all the time. I think that pretty soon, there won't be any true beauty left. Just horrid money suckers made by man to ruin the lives of eveything. I'm moving as soon as I'm done with school. Hopefully my family desides to move sooner, that way, I can get out sooner. This place is gives me migranes daily.);

[LIBRA]

I am so scared thats how my area will be someday, I mean its pretty rural now but who knows what it will be like it 10 years, shit when I was a kid we had 2 neighbors and now my parents are surrounded. Its happening everywhere and it is scary.

[Pedata]

Wherever you move to, civilization will follow. My area still doesn't have many people. Some previously dirt roads became gravel and now blacktop. Developments have tried to build, but fortunately the mass opinion of our schools is bad. So it's been a slow trickle during the 20 years I've lived here.

Someone had big plans for this area. The city water came, then the private phone lines (b4 that it was 4- way party lines), then finally cable. But the people didn't surge out in droves, lol. So here we are, not too many people, but with the amenities of town. Not bad :)

There's nothing wrong with the schools. They are just racially mixed and that really bothers the the right wingers.

The closest town to us (different county) is totally white and 2 point 5 families have been moving there each day for over ten years. It's a monster:( Nasty little white gangs. Very high rents and mortgages. And a bad attitude. They have a lot of money and manage to keep a lot of bad stuff out of the papers. I worked there, with the public, a couple of times and Man! I've never seen such a mean town before. Eventually there won't be a tree left. They just keep knocking them down for more housing developments.

I feel sorry for people who sell their place to move to that town. All they hear is how great the schools are, and how low the crime is. Yeah, right. LOL.

Just rambling...

Peace,
Pedata

[toman]

I hear what you guys are saying about the whole suburban and development thing. I'm a city person myself, but I grew up in the suburbs. Now, I go driving out from the city and I end up shaking my head at what I see. It seems like in about 90% of the places I go, you get one of three things: Big developments where there are five thousand houses (or apartments) that all look exactly alike, painted the same shade of beige or gray (I'd get drunk and forget which one was mine), or semi-white trash little run down neighborhoods filled with mexican immigrants and tweakers, or just plain white trash rural crap. There are very few places where people are living in any sort of self respecting manner, and those seem to be either right in the city, close in expensive neighborhoods or way out in the country away from everything. It makes me wonder what's going on in peoples heads these days; I guess we're so overworked, undercompensated and over medicated that the majority of us have no sense of dignity left...

[PEACE FROG]

I hear ya purple it's happening everywhere, and it's a heartbreaker. Personally my goal is to make some bread, cash out and go live in the woods. I would like to die barefoot with my boots on if you know what I mean. I WILL go, it's just a matter of when. And TOMAN, I sure enjoy reading your posts, food for my brain. :)

[purplepeepee]

Man, yah. I remember some of my favorite places with good ol' friends. Dirt roads, "the desert place", back woods, "haunted railroad tracks", cold water streams and little water falls, lakes, guys, I could tell you some great travelin' stories. Not to mention the death stories, and the love stories most of all. Sheesh. I miss the open road. I haven't been on a big truckin' trip in about a year or so, and I sure do miss all my friends I had. But, they'll always be with me. I'll never forget them. And the city...........F#$@ THE CITY. I feel like ripping down all the for sale signs and crushing every chain saw. Trees have souls goddamit! They may even be thier grandma's souls.

[PEACE FROG]

I was reading an article in my Sierra Club magazine it says that if the rest of the world comsumed at the same rate as americans (that be me an you) It would take FIVE planets to substain life. :(

[Sunnydaydreams]

I moved from the BIG city of Delphi, IN (pop. 3,000) to Burrows, IN. It's not even a town w/ maybe 200 @ the most. It's in a rural area, but there's too much farmland and not enough woods :confused: There's a post office, a couple used car sales lots, and a firestation. That's about it. Most of my neighbors are old enough to be my parents and then some. I live next door to my grandparents and two houses down from my aunt & uncle. There's a small woods really close to my little house, but I havent been in there since I was little. As I remember, the woods isn't much & its full of trash. Ill probably clean up the woods and pick up the trash when it warms up. Its not that big!

Anyone else live in IN?

Peace & Love,
Kim

[delta9]

I moved from the BIG city of Delphi, IN (pop. 3,000)
Heh, I lived in Los Angeles and such... I moved to a town with 30,000 people after that and thought it was "small". :p Just how you grow up, I guess.

However, I do prefer smaller settlements... And I hate those production houses where they all look the same. I want SOME individuality :(. Guess that's why I have it in my head to be buildin' all my stuff with all the bread I want...

[purplepeepee]

Heh, I lived in Los Angeles and such... I moved to a town with 30,000 people after that and thought it was "small". :p Just how you grow up, I guess.

However, I do prefer smaller settlements... And I hate those production houses where they all look the same. I want SOME individuality :(. Guess that's why I have it in my head to be buildin' all my stuff with all the bread I want...

I got you, babe. ;)

[redthewitch75]

Oy! I know what you mean. A local issue around here was this privately owned nature preserve type place, and the foundation that is running it was/is experiencing some financial hardships (who isn't, really?) and they wanted to sell some of the land, which is fronted by a major road and lots of businesses (strip malls, WalMart, etc.) Well, they wanted to sell the portion that is on the main road, and have it developed into another strip mall. What hooplah resulted from that idea! It was crazy. Finally, they got permission to sell the land. I had mixed feelings about the whole thing. While I hated the idea of another strip mall(as there are plenty of storespaces that are already vacant all over town!), the sale would help the foundation to continue running the Arboretum, which is a good thing.

[angymnast247]

i live in a country-ish part of my area, and it is definataly becomeing more developed. the city next to me is the 36th most air polluted city in america (i looked it up) im sure that pollution comes on the country side. i say the same thing, i want to move from here. i plan to move to gainsville FL for college at the university of Floida. anybody know about here?
anyway, this all is comlicated for me considering my dad is a realitor :confused: . anyway i hope we can get more economical houses to be built, and be more available.
love
peace
~alyssa