“One good thing about the sameness of America’s suburbs, you
can always imagine that you are someplace else.” – S. MacCune (circa 1992)
Nostalgia is a persistent companion…and his reflections on
homogeneity and city planning revisited me after nearly a quarter century.
Of course it would be easy to veer off in the direction of Columbia
triumphalism. And these thoughts did
occur as I was jaunting back to the Home Office in Wilde Lake. Northbound on Broken Land.
Frozen in one moment in time, the nascent development on the
real estate known as the Crescent may appear to be a move in the direction of
uniformity. Hopefully, as the nearby Inner
Arbor takes shape, our evolving City Center will retain a unique character.
Turning from the structures to the people, I am looking
forward to reviewing the Primary Election results on Wednesday morning. I am
doubly hopeful that our citizens will demonstrate, at the ballot box, that they
want something new, different, and better.
Howard County Board of Education: Coombs, Ellis, Miller
U.S. Senate: Edwards
President: Sanders
Stay tuned, as more will follow.
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