Ed Huntress wrote:
(Ed's childhood, a few short months ago.)
anthracite anecdotes off
Things sure change.
The Silicon Valley in '62 had vast expanses of orchard.
Very pretty.
By the '70s the air was all but unbreathable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
It's gotten a lot better since, but a truly rural person
still would not call the atmosphere delightful.
--Winston