California On My Mind.
I have spent a fair bit of time in Southern California, having made a number of trips there in the last decade. I love it. But, one of the things that really strikes me each time I am there is the level of development and the incredibly high density of people who reside on or near the coast, how people mange to co exist like that, I don't know. I often wonder what it was like before the population explosion, pre mass development, when much of the coast was concreted over? I'll bet the line ups were quieter, that's for sure, probably less polluted too. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy spending time there, else I wouldn't have been so many times. It's just that being a nature lover, as I am, I can't help wondering how it would have been say in the fifties, which lets face it, ain't that long ago. My guess is that it would have been a much more pleasant environment, more open space, more wildlife, less people. To be fair while the beaches hav...