Bloom Where You're Planted
BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED Let me give you a quick synopsis of where/how the sentiments in this particular blog came from. I was on Facebook the other day and came across a post, complaining about a particular part of town that seems to have lost a lot of their commercial establishments, like grocery stores, restaurants, etc. It seems the ones they had at one time have closed and none have reopened in their places. There was a steady stream of replies to the post about how the area is completely run down, criminal activity is up, there is a larger than normal drug and homelessness problem in that part of town, along with abandoned homes and the like. A local city councilman responded, trying to defend the city's efforts, but pointing out that the city cannot force businesses to open there and from his post, it sounded like the city is really trying to help that area of the city. That being said, I couldn't help but wonder what the residents themsel...
