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Having lived bi-coastally, I agree this is an idiosyncratic distinction between east and west. Particularly northeast and west. And we have great mounds of thin
by gausswho 2y ago
Having lived bi-coastally, I agree this is an idiosyncratic distinction between east and west. Particularly northeast and west. And we have great mounds of thinkers who have raised the thought. Thoreau. Steinbeck. Kesey.
How wonderful it is to walk into woods and cliffs by compass and pack. No deeds or POSTED signs. No orange toque as deference to hunters.
Yet the coast of Maine is mostly parceled off to old money. Mill towns evaporate into poisoned ghosts. And Adirondack Park defenders chattle on about 'public-private partnerships' as if the National Park system was never conceived.
- titanomachy 2y agoWhere did you pick up “toque”? I always thought that was a distinctly Canadian usage.
- gausswho 2y agoMany don't know that part of Canada secretly exists in northern NY and VT.
- prescriptivist 2y ago> Yet the coast of Maine is mostly parceled off to old money. I live half a mile from the Maine coast and when I look around I don’t see any old money in my neighborhood. If you are talking about literally a house overlooking the ocean, that’s always been prized real estate.
- gausswho 2y agoI do mean the coast, and it does sadden me how little of it is publicly accessible, compared to the Pacific coast.