Yesterday I was driving around my hometown of Lexington, SC (well, more specifically Red Bank, SC) and I started feeling a little nostalgic. I'm generally more of a city girl than a small town one. I prefer skylines and big buildings to mountains or trees. However, yesterday I found myself feeling sad that the town I grew up in has changed so much. As I drove, I saw traces of what used to be. An abandoned tractor under some trees. Some old victorian style houses that have been turned into offices. When we moved into my house more than 22 years ago, we were one of two houses on the street. We grew vegetables in the backyard and the deer would sometimes eat our corn. Now our little street has neighborhoods branching off of it and is filled with houses and cars flying up and down the road. Where there used to be nothing, Red Bank now has a huge high school, middle and elementary schools, a Wal-Mart, Lowes and fast food restaurants growing out of our ears. When did that happen? When did big business come to Red Bank, SC?
Maybe I want to have my cake and eat it too. I want to go live in a big city and still come home every now and then to trees and tractors and little churches where everybody knows everybody else's business. But that just isn't realistic. So I'll just jump on board and be happy about the fact that now when I need to go to Wal-Mart it's only a 4 minute drive. And I'll leave you with a picture of my favorite city in the world.
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