I had further reason tonight to be thankful that we're moving out of Cascade. The buzzards are definitely circling overhead as far as the whole county is concerned.
I was at a meeting that was attended by a member of one of the area Chambers of Commerce. Now, I've never been a business owner. I guess I lack the hunger that comes from being directly responsible for your own fiscal survival. But as an Idaho native, there are some things that I cherish about this state and feel fully equipped to speak of as an expert.
One of those things is that you can go for miles and miles without seeing billboards, strip malls and other glittery attempts to get you to stop and drop your cash on souvenier schlock. However, there are those who really want to sell more t-shirts, lattes, hotel rooms, etc. And gee whiz, there's all this great, untapped advertising space out there in the woods!
For heaven's sake, can't we just leave well enough alone? It's funny how that makes me grateful to move to Boise, isn't it? But there's something so dreadful in thinking of sitting on my front porch here in Cascade over the next ten years, watching as everything I love gets ruined. I think it is better to live someplace that is already ruined. It hurts less.