All these outside companies moving in...never understood why people want to change where they are to where they moved from.
Well, for one thing, they didn't necessarily move HERE to "get away from it all". I initially moved her twenty plus years ago - because I could afford a house here.
I lived in Calvert and hated the fact that just to get certain things I had to go up to PF or go over the bridge into St Mary's - and that was before First Colony.
Another is - I don't know that anyone welcomes twenty stores coming when they just want ONE. But that's the way it works.
You're not going to move to the country and have a Trader Joe's sitting out in the middle of nowhere - the stores you want will only place if they see a viable market.
That said - I've lived in somewhat rural areas of PA and - lots of things were always SOMEWHERE nearby. There was always a bookstore, a roller rink, a bowling alley, an indoor pool.
Somewhere there was a mall. A ball field. Or two. A building where stuff like concerts and circuses could perform indoors. A city road wide enough to host a parade.
And towns are like that - once they reach a certain size, some things become - "automatic" - as, once it reaches 30, 40, 50 thousand - there's an expectation of things.
Hey, there's worse stuff that could happen. I've also lived in cities that are dwindling. Believe me, it's a lot worse.
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