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Wet vs. dry: Two sides to small town coin About: Wet towns not the paradises made out to be To ColumbiaMagazine.com: Bravo, you put into words exactly my thought and views on this. Why do people move to towns and then start trying to replicate where they just came from? Instead, why not stay where you were at? My theory is that people move to this area because we have a somewhat lower cost of living in regards to our real estate, etc.< br> People move in here because we have less traffic and a safer enviroment in which to raise a family. Church and homelife are still an integral part of the day to day lives of many of the citizens of our town. In short, places such as Adair County still have many people with a good heart who for the most part help each other and can still portray a somewhat faded image of hometown Americana. We enjoy the slower pace. In order to have this environment Adair County has denied certain things and I think going wet is probably one of them. I feel like that when people move to a place like Adair county and make the attempt to assimilate into these communities they too have to expect that certain things have been sacrificed or that fading persona of hometown America would be completely gone. I am not looking at our County with Rose colored glasses- we have many of the same problems as everywhere else, (drugs, unemployment ect); however here much of those problems are on somewhat of a smaller scale. Yes, we definately could become wet and turn over extra revenue but to some people here that is seen as selling out to the Devil in order to prosper. Why waste your time coming somewhere just to have to try to re-invent the whole enviroment? Being a life long resident of this County I will be the first to say that there is a slight resentment against those who do try to move in and force their issues. That resentment adds fuel to the flame which enables the stagnation of change. If change occurs around here it does it at a slow pace and sometimes that is not the best, but that goes without saying. Yes people are going to drink if they want to and that is everyones' right, to each his own, but there are truly two sides to the small town coin. Thanks,s/Crystal Broyles Thanks for your opinion, as always, except for the stance argues that anyone who disagrees move. Again, when the next wet/dry election is held, persons with this opinion may find they are in the minority, but that doesn't mean they should have to move, then, either. This is America, after all. -EW This story was posted on 2009-07-22 14:19:03
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