riverfever
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OK...do you think that a diverse community yields tolerance towards others or is education more important?
I'm a teacher and we've been talking about Colonial Times. New England Colonies were very diverse and this led to religeous and cultural tolerance. My area of St. Louis has lots of different cultures. We also have houses that are so close in the city you can hear your neighbor fart. I hate it here b/c we can't have the windows open due to the neighbors drinking on the porch and yelling to the wee hours of the morning. The cars blaze down the street like Pit Row. To me thats not tolerance or respect. I keep my yard clean out of respect for my neighbors and b/c it helps everyones property values.
We were trying to figure out if this would happen in the small towns in CO we are looking to move to. I would assume that people living in small towns are there to get away from the hustle and so there it's less likely. Also...in a town of 2500, how long could it take the cops to pinpoint a troublemaker and deal with it?
Maybe I'm the one who's not tolerant of others? Maybe I'm talking about 2 different things here. Can't wait to be a CO resident. I don't think that the grass is always greener on the other side. I'm sure there will be some similarities and there will def. be some things that rub me the wrong way. Humidity won't be one of them. I'll be able to enjoy my summers off outside instead inside the AC. This might not make sense...kinda like Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy.
I'm a teacher and we've been talking about Colonial Times. New England Colonies were very diverse and this led to religeous and cultural tolerance. My area of St. Louis has lots of different cultures. We also have houses that are so close in the city you can hear your neighbor fart. I hate it here b/c we can't have the windows open due to the neighbors drinking on the porch and yelling to the wee hours of the morning. The cars blaze down the street like Pit Row. To me thats not tolerance or respect. I keep my yard clean out of respect for my neighbors and b/c it helps everyones property values.
We were trying to figure out if this would happen in the small towns in CO we are looking to move to. I would assume that people living in small towns are there to get away from the hustle and so there it's less likely. Also...in a town of 2500, how long could it take the cops to pinpoint a troublemaker and deal with it?
Maybe I'm the one who's not tolerant of others? Maybe I'm talking about 2 different things here. Can't wait to be a CO resident. I don't think that the grass is always greener on the other side. I'm sure there will be some similarities and there will def. be some things that rub me the wrong way. Humidity won't be one of them. I'll be able to enjoy my summers off outside instead inside the AC. This might not make sense...kinda like Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy.
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