This is progress??

My wife and I have been walking 4-5 miles each afternoon down our local country road. The nice thing about walking is that it lets you get a closer view of the area than you would ever experience from a car.

There are a number of charming old country homes along our route.

Unfortunately, "progress" has come to our little country road in the form of expansions and several large housing developments. I hate the destruction of our area's rural charm. The entire road will one day be nothing but transplanted palm trees, landscaped vistas, and rows of tacky houses wedged side by side. I guess one day soon we will have to move on and find an unspoiled place to live in for retirement. I'll be damned if I'll be a part of the new plastic culture that passes for progress here in Florida.