A Sense of Place

The Washington Post has an absolute must-read on suburban development today, and you guessed it, the theme is the American Dream. There is way too much here for me to blog about right now (God forbid I leave my dear readers with a post that is not fully developed) but expect a parsing attempt soon.

I will, however, leave you with this...

How do you think Richmond is going to react when people begin to refer to it as a 'far-flung suburb of DC'? It isn't any easy question to answer, but I will say with certainty that the minute such a phrase appears in print, Metro will never again receive another dime of VA state funding...