Turn Around And...Boom! People Moving In

 Growth, urban sprawl, overcrowding...people use different names for the same thing--towns becoming cities and cities becoming metropolises. In other words...

People moving in.

It's been a few months since we drove down main street in Brigham City and there's buildings of townhomes (or apartments...) going up where once there was a Shopko.

Earlier today on our community's Facebook page, a discussion of the pros and cons of progress commenced, one of several conversations that seem to crop up over and over again. I never participate because, well...we're most likely considered part of the problem according to some.

My wife and I discussed this issue today. I believe if it weren't for covid, we'd still be exploding in our little neck of the woods. In one year, our town grew 10%. That's impressive for a community over a century old. It took one-hundred years to get to a certain population, then one year to increase that by a tenth.

It's impressive, really, but to many, it's the beginning of the end, the end of their little utopia they've enjoyed. I feel for them, but it's hard to stop progress. It's hard to deny people a chance for them to experience what others have had for so long. The problem is, their existence threatens the whole thing. 

Time is strange. Before we know it, another year, two, five will have passed and things that once were will be no longer. It's true for businesses, neighborhoods, and even people. The trick is, to accept change and try to make the best of it.

That's the trick with a lot of things.