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In reply to the discussion: I sure as hell won't miss the Holder Doctrine [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)is hard to see hereabouts. A new interstate "outer ring" was bulldozed for about 50 miles through here. The cruelly named "Cool Springs Mall" buried the actual cool springs. The Elk River hasn't seen an Elk in anyone's lifetime, the Buffalo River hasn't seen a buffalo, and the Wolf River (straightened and channelized for most of it's course) hasn't seen a wolf. The fields are doused in herbicides (brought to you by Swedish chemical giant Akzo Nobel) and our municipal landfill is leaching chemicals into the Stones River, which is our drinking water supply, and no one knows what to do about it.
It sounds beautiful where you are, but the world around you is closing in. It might be far away from where you are, but outside there's less and less to save. Patches and fragments.
All brought to you by civilization. That's what I think.