Comments on: Upon Reading Raintree County http://wordchasm.com/2008/03/19/upon-reading-raintree-county/ Flash Fiction & Poetry Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kent Lucas http://wordchasm.com/2008/03/19/upon-reading-raintree-county/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Kent Lucas Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://www.wordchasm.com/?p=315#comment-3909 “We grew up without a father. Instead, we had a book.” -amazing line the last part about Raintree's banishment is also sad, but true. very emotional, but nicely done piece here Brad... “We grew up without a father. Instead, we had a book.” -amazing line

the last part about Raintree’s banishment is also sad, but true. very emotional, but nicely done piece here Brad…

]]> By: julius http://wordchasm.com/2008/03/19/upon-reading-raintree-county/comment-page-1/#comment-3445 julius Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:32:17 +0000 http://www.wordchasm.com/?p=315#comment-3445 It does call back to better times. Sprawl is claiming the wide open spaces that used to define our country everywhere. It makes me sad because I can remember 10-15 years ago when my family moved to Indianapolis and there were still fields on the south side. They're all strip malls and poorly built neighborhoods now. Like I said, though, it's happening everywhere, especially around the midwest where home prices are still affordable and the cost of living hasn't ballooned like it has on the coasts. Visiting my special lady in Minneapolis, we saw her hometown (about 40 minutes outside of the cities) and it was the same as what we've seen in Indy. Her town didn't even have stoplights when they moved there ten years ago, and now you have the same beige stucco chains that you see everywhere else and ubiquitous interstate highway noise. Maybe more people will move to Canada now that the US dollar sucks :) It does call back to better times. Sprawl is claiming the wide open spaces that used to define our country everywhere. It makes me sad because I can remember 10-15 years ago when my family moved to Indianapolis and there were still fields on the south side. They’re all strip malls and poorly built neighborhoods now. Like I said, though, it’s happening everywhere, especially around the midwest where home prices are still affordable and the cost of living hasn’t ballooned like it has on the coasts. Visiting my special lady in Minneapolis, we saw her hometown (about 40 minutes outside of the cities) and it was the same as what we’ve seen in Indy. Her town didn’t even have stoplights when they moved there ten years ago, and now you have the same beige stucco chains that you see everywhere else and ubiquitous interstate highway noise. Maybe more people will move to Canada now that the US dollar sucks :)

]]> By: Andrew Koop http://wordchasm.com/2008/03/19/upon-reading-raintree-county/comment-page-1/#comment-3417 Andrew Koop Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:23:05 +0000 http://www.wordchasm.com/?p=315#comment-3417 moving post -- i like it. sad to see the way the rest of indiana looks. i grew up in greenwood when there was only a mall -- fields in all directions. now it's nothing but a mall surrounded by chains and strip malls. i guess that's the reality of the lorax... moving post — i like it. sad to see the way the rest of indiana looks. i grew up in greenwood when there was only a mall — fields in all directions. now it’s nothing but a mall surrounded by chains and strip malls. i guess that’s the reality of the lorax…

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