Here's a list of good things in this city:
1. The YMCA with its sauna and ROM
2. The food co-op -- great selection ,reasonable prices, nice staff
3. The farmers' market - fresh, local, whole food, delicious pies
4. The canal trail -- great exercise opportunity in a beautiful setting, good for walkers, runners, and bicylcists
5. Beautiful churches with healthy congregations all with a social conscience
6. Incredibly beautiful residential neighborhoods with beautiful homes kept up by owners in residence. Yes, there are eyesores, but we need a plan to work on those.
7. Groups and organizations that value the city's past -- Preserve Our Past, The Historical Society, those working for an historical district
8. Loyal employers and business people who work to provide a product or service at a fair price
9. Many, many people of great talent and civic commitment, a little army of active and progressive people
10. People on beautiful porches who always say "hello" to those walking by. Little Falls is a "front porch community." People do not seclude themselves on back decks out of sight. Porch life in Little Falls is great. Just look at the nice porches and hanging baskets on Loomis Street and Prospect Street and Garden St.
11. Great respect for buildings of significance. The stone mills alone suggest that imaginative and creative people live here.
12. The tolerance we have for different attitudes, beliefs, and lifestyles in this city is notable.
OK, now it's your turn.
We have good young women and men in Little Falls, NY.
ReplyDeleteRecently several teens were arrested for disorderly conduct. Their alleged crime? They had gathered in a public park to talk and play an acoustic guitar sometime between 9 and 9:15 pm. Someone knowing the city ordinances called the police who promptly arrested them -- a bit of an overreach, I grant.
There is a city blog that is infamous for anonymous and scandalous personal attacks using crude language and made-up facts. Some folks anonymously accused the students, their parents, and the police on that rag of a blog.
But recently the young women and men themselves have taken to writing on that blog. They are polite ("sir" or "madam" as they respond to bloggers with user names like "scumbags" and "if cops suck,") presenting the facts as they know them. And best of all, they sign their posts. Whether the charges will stand or fall is yet to be known, but our young people have taught this city how to behave in an electronic environment. Grace under fire. Lots to like in Little Falls.
Little Falls has great food! OINK!
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