Monday, October 3, 2011

Border fence - making the U.S. sustainable

I've lived and worked near Charlottesville for 16 years, and a segment of the town amuses me.
The people who love living there, but don't want anybody else to join them.
Groups like ASAPnow want to use zoning and other rules to limit development and traffic throughout the area.
Not much success so far.
They now battle to "Keep Charlottesville Sustainable."
How?
Keeping people out.
Through education, research, advocacy, and policy formulation, ASAP is working to identify our region's optimal population and build sustainable communities here in Central Virginia.
How do you keep people away from a cool college town like Charlottesville? One so close to the good things of the East Coast, but still small enough to enjoy.
Thus, they fight plans to improve U.S. 29 and bypass some traffic from southern Virginia headed to Washington.
They look for a smaller population in the area, closer to the size of the good old days. Mostly people like them.
But each year, the University of Virginia welcomes a new class of students and some of them stay behind.
The University and its related entities keep growing and attracting people to the area.
Rural areas around Charlottesville have boomed as workers needed to run Charlottesville try to find housing for their price ranges.
Where there's opportunity, people will flock. There's opportunity in Charlottesville.
Just like Mexicans see opportunity in the United States. And make great efforts to get here, even breaking the law.
Those looking to build fences to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States aren't racist.
They're just trying to keep the United States sustainable.
I hope liberals will understand.
  

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