Isabel's Espresso – meet me @ isabel's
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From Southern pork production , 1918
Even in this little corner of the Salish Sea, we're not immune to the forces operating elsewhere on the West Coast: astronomical land prices, rapidly expanding population, and deepening cultural divides. Some celebrate "progress," some decry "gentrification." For many years I thought that Lopez was different, that our that our live-and-let-live culture would enable us to get along, and despite regular spasms of tribalistic infighting, we were truly a "capital C" Community.
Now I'm not so sure. Setting aside the traditional red/blue political differences, I'm seeing an increased splintering of values & priorities even within the liberal/leftist/progressive-identifying folk. This is also happening in America at large, so it shouldn't surprise me—but it's harder to see it here, in my home.
Isabel's Espresso – meet me @ isabel's
Friends of Lopez Hill | Preserving Lopez Hill