Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

~Bill Vaughn

Not too far from where I live, is a nice undeveloped corner at a major intersection. One corner has a Sonic drive-in, another a feed store. One corner is wooded with blackjacks and typical cross-timbers, a cedar tree here and there. The other corner holds some nice large old trees and lots of prairie grass. In the summertime, there’s a fireworks stand there, and the rest of the year, you’ll sometimes see the sheriff’s deputies parked there.

I came by the other day and someone had bulldozed all the big old trees. Sadness crept across my face. I stopped at Sonic and asked about the corner lot.

They bulldozed those wonderful trees…

for a Dollar store.

Sad, isn’t it.