tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post5339715144126495643..comments2024-03-28T14:02:40.132-04:00Comments on Discovering Urbanism: "There goes the neighborhood!"Daniel Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-54471411193138794812008-07-14T11:46:00.000-04:002008-07-14T11:46:00.000-04:00Hi. I just discovered this blog and was super-exci...Hi. I just discovered this blog and was super-excited to find something on urban planning with a Missoula and Montana perspective.<BR/><BR/>However, you mentioned it's your last day in Missoula. Does that mean you're moving? Am I a day late and a dollar short?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251059538441903339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-28992570147058082662008-07-13T19:12:00.000-04:002008-07-13T19:12:00.000-04:00There might also be another simple explanation - p...There might also be another simple explanation - people acting less neighborly towards one another.<BR/><BR/>Used to be we would chat with our neighbors (over the fence, across the kitchen table, at the local diner, etc.) It was once important for us to meet face-to-face, keep up with the happenings in our neighborhood, and let one another know what was going on.<BR/><BR/>Now, it seems to be we find out about things in the media or in the courtroom. <BR/><BR/>Take <A HREF="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/21/news/top/news01.txt" REL="nofollow"> Scott Cooney </A>, for instance, one of Missoula's biggest developers (such as the “highly contentious” Duncan Meadows subdivision, and <A HREF="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/02/28/news/local/news05.txt" REL="nofollow">a possible financial backer for saving the former Lincoln School from development</A>). <BR/><BR/>Scott, who lives behind a gated drive at the end of a dead-end street alongside Rattlesnake Creek, has just installed cameras to spy on the public as they cross the bridge near Pineview Park. According to Michael Moore in the Missoulian, Cooney is also threatening to put up a big <A HREF="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/07/13/news/mtregional/news08.txt" REL="nofollow"><BR/>"wooden fence of the sort that borders the Dennis Washington property just upstream from Cooney's"</A>. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps, the first step is for all of us to practice neighborliness in all we do, and others might treat us neighborly in return?Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841334276866857245noreply@blogger.com