A bigger city is not better
To those who think bigger is better, that urbanization and gentrification are synonymous with improved quality of life and the rapacious developers, investors, Realtors and city councilors who believe filling any empty lot with dwellings is something everybody wants, you are not inventing the wheel you know.
For a glimpse of the future you are creating, take a look at Bozeman, Mont. Once a modest market town, it has grown at cancerous rates in a very short time. Fueled by deep pocket outof-area buyers and couldn’tcare-less sellers it is now a place where housing is unaffordable for the locals and often unavailable because it’s all Airbnb or second homes, which means every business in town and the municipality itself is short of workers; the streets cannot carry the current load of traffic and so getting anywhere is a slow nightmare; the homeless and unhoused population has bloomed like weeds in the spring; area recreation sites are overloaded all year round; and basic goods and services have given way to luxury eating, drinking and retail.
Some might say the town has been elevated, that it was undervalued, underutilized, not living up to its potential. Potential for what? Making a lot of money for a few out-of-towners who trash it and run to the next hot spot? Be very very careful what you wish for, Longmont. But if that’s what you want, maybe move to Bozeman. away though, doesn’t it? The supposed message of accepting yourself is good, but it could be conveyed just as well without the costume, which is essentially subliminal content.
It would seem these people want children to think it normal for men to dress as women. The earlier in life kids will accept this, the harder it is to teach your child what you think is normal. The alphabet people have learned they cannot change opinions by the yard. History shows they have learned to do it an inch at a time. I don’t believe they deserve special treatment, but they don’t deserve to be persecuted either.
It did not sound as if those protesting caused any sort of problem. What they should do is simply boycott the store. If they don’t want that sort of business in their area, the best way to get rid of it is to not support it. When it can’t pay its bills, it will leave.
The owner obviously has an agenda, which is the owner’s prerogative, but no one has to support it either.
Before you scream homophobe, I would like to say I don’t give a tinker’s damn what you do privately or in an adult setting. Who you want to be or be with is your business. It is only when you try to influence children that I become bothered.