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BlueTrain · June 1, 2012, 02:07 PM

What do you mean by community organizations? Something like home owner's associations? Corporations, absolutely, unions, maybe.

A sympton of what I'm getting at is the way community spirt has seeming evaporated over the last sixty years, or so it would seem. Remember Main Street? What does your main street look like now. My home town still has a main street but the business that used to be there moved out to the mall, an entirely private place. However, in all honesty, I can't credit that to any subversive element bent on destroying American life. People like shopping malls. The oldest indoor shopping mall, which coincidentally is in Russia, is over a hundred years old. But at my local mall, Tyson's Corner, there are armed guards hanging around, not policemen. I'm really not sure what to make of it.

Sort of stretching the theme of the thread, isn't it?

June 1, 2012, 02:07 PM	#138
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,141	What do you mean by community organizations? Something like home owner's associations? Corporations, absolutely, unions, maybe. A sympton of what I'm getting at is the way community spirt has seeming evaporated over the last sixty years, or so it would seem. Remember Main Street? What does your main street look like now. My home town still has a main street but the business that used to be there moved out to the mall, an entirely private place. However, in all honesty, I can't credit that to any subversive element bent on destroying American life. People like shopping malls. The oldest indoor shopping mall, which coincidentally is in Russia, is over a hundred years old. But at my local mall, Tyson's Corner, there are armed guards hanging around, not policemen. I'm really not sure what to make of it. Sort of stretching the theme of the thread, isn't it? __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds. Last edited by BlueTrain; June 1, 2012 at 02:13 PM.