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To: Gauguin who wrote (35080)	8/16/1999 10:44:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

You know, I think I will agree with you, in part. The kids like the new square, and meet there for ice cream (at the ul-tra-expensive ice cream parlor) and to listen to bands in the pavilion. The square was designed by the same architect who did the Ballpark in Arlington, same old-fashioned style, memories of days gone by. So it's a GOOD place. The problem with Southlake is that the median house cost is over 200K, the median income is around 90 or 100K, and there are no apartments allowed. It's a gated community in the sense that if you're not pretty well-off, forget living here. So it isn't really addressing the loss of soul, but the loss of safety and and the invasion of the "lower class". You can have soul, but without money, you need not apply. Or has it always been like this? Yesterday the church was packed-- standing room only. EVery week we have new families joining. I think this is another sign of people looking for meaning and stability for themselves and their children. So maybe it does start in places like these, people trying to recreate what they remember as the symbols of goodness. I dunno.

To: Gauguin who wrote (35080)	8/16/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Weren't freeways and ramps foisted on us in the name of rapid military response?

To: Gauguin who wrote (35080)	8/16/1999 12:13:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

My opinion (I have a lot of them) is that interesting businesses and stores grow best in deserted, run-down parts of town because most businesses start on a shoestring. And they flourish best where the zoning laws aren't strictly enforced. Downtowns rebirth themselves, are reborn like phoenixes, from the ashes of old downtowns. As a life-long suburbanite, I don't hate strip malls. They serve a useful function ~ my favorite local strip malls have grocery stores, dry cleaners, book stores, liquor stores, hardware stores, even the family dentist and eye doctor have their offices in a strip mall ~ they are the functional equivalent of downtown.