[xsmommy]

i know falls church well, not as somone born there but as someone who goes to church there and has had kids in school there for the past 12 years. while it may have been a smalltown once upon a time, it really is not any longer. you may be continuing to see it as the place you grew up, but it has changed mightily and given what is going on there now, i don't think you can deny that. it doesn't even LOOK LIKE the place you grew up in.

[leda]

oh you bet the look of this place sure has changed.
this is from a native who recalls the trains that
sped down the tracks through town and have since
become the bike trail. now the mixed use developers
have taken over and mcmansions spring up every day.

i see the smalltown in the little things that only a
native might spot...when we eat out at anthonys, our
high school haunt, and tony and faye always stop over
to hug the kids, when i am personally helped by the
city treasurer who was in my graduating class and when
i attend parent conferences for my kids with teachers
who taught me.

i guess i just have the perspective of a native ...
and yes, the visual changes are unnerving at times.