My goal was to walk over 4 miles today, leaving from home and pushing into at least a little unexplored territory. The challenge was not the distance but rather the route, because after 5 months at home it seems like we have walked everywhere. As such, I had a notion to journey beyond one of our usual boundaries and see what that neighborhood held.
There were a few surprises, most of them to do with real estate development. Among these wonders of gentrification were mcmansions popping up like mushrooms, and newer houses down very long driveways behind much older homes, suggesting that several somebodies sold their back yards. It's hard not to judge, even as we marvel at the value of property in this tiny county we call home.
Crossing back over the pike, we walked a winding street through a most unappealing apartment complex. The grass needed mowing almost as much as the windows and doors needed painting. Litter lined the sidewalk, and the tall weeds growing through the cracks in the pavement suggested that even the county had forsaken caretaking the public property adjoining these homes.
Because that's what they were to someone.
There were a few surprises, most of them to do with real estate development. Among these wonders of gentrification were mcmansions popping up like mushrooms, and newer houses down very long driveways behind much older homes, suggesting that several somebodies sold their back yards. It's hard not to judge, even as we marvel at the value of property in this tiny county we call home.
Crossing back over the pike, we walked a winding street through a most unappealing apartment complex. The grass needed mowing almost as much as the windows and doors needed painting. Litter lined the sidewalk, and the tall weeds growing through the cracks in the pavement suggested that even the county had forsaken caretaking the public property adjoining these homes.
Because that's what they were to someone.
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