The People—What do they hold valuable?
Stacy is definitely a working class town. Many people work outside of the city either in Forest Lake, North Branch, the Twin Cities or elsewhere. The people of Stacy have a strong opinion on work and family life. Stacy is rather small compared to the other towns in the area, and the people focus their attention on their families and career. The people of Stacey also have a value for a happy community or neighborhood. When you walk down a road, children from different households are playing with each other, and neighbors are conversing with each other often.
Civic Places—Where do people get together and talk?
The surprising thing about Stacy is that there is only a few places where people can get together and talk. There is no true restaurant where people can go and have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. There are two bars that serve food, but that is far from being a civic place for the whole family. Despite this fact, people can go the children’s playground where the bike trail intersects through town. On a nice summer day, people traveling on the trail, and families playing at the park have a nice civic place to get together and relax.
Place—How is the community developing?
In my opinion, the community is not developing too rapidly, but it is thriving. Many homes are for sale, but majority of them are homes that were built within the past 2 years. Because of the economic situation, not a lot of people are willing to buy homes, or even build homes in Stacy, Minnesota. And, I am sure this is true for countless small and large towns. Even though homes are being sold, majority of the people are thriving in Stacy. They are happy to live in this small town, and don’t want to leave anytime soon.
I like the way you split up the questions. The images on your page are a plus as well! Too bad more towns don't have that small town feel. Everywhere is too overdeveloped unless you go far up north or the farm towns down south and even those are cutting it close.
ReplyDeleteYour blog captured the small town feel. Nice touch with the separate paragraphs. Makes for an easy read!
ReplyDeleteGood post. You raise several issues (and questions) here that could be explored in qreater depth in future posts.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your description of Stacey, MN. I have been through there a few times, but never spent time there. I like your description. The picture fits perfectly too. Great post.
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