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To the editor:
Having moved away from Rappahannock County to Washington state in 1986, I have gained some comparative insight. I can tell you a little about what you have that you might not fully appreciate and, if you lose it, you will never get it back.
I’m talking about the result of rapid growth and zoning laws that allow it. Most metropolitan areas of the country are expanding like Washington, D.C. and there is increasing pressure to urbanize rural areas. >
Here, outside Seattle where just a few years ago was nothing but forests and unspoiled rivers and streams, are new subdivision after subdivision, apartment complexes and shopping centers, new schools, higher taxes, more cars, more malls, more traffic jams, more crime, more noise and most noticeable, more people who are only concerned about themselves right now.
There are less trees, less ducks, (people want to kill them all because they are messy), there are no bears, less salmon, less privacy, and, a lesser quality of life in my opinion. People living on the Puget Sound would like to exterminate the sea lions because they make too much noise and eat the fish.
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