How much has your town changed lately?

Our town has changed a lot and is currently changing quite a bit on it's own. It's sad really. I miss the small town that actually looked like a small town. I miss not having developments all over the place, and huge buildings in random places. I guess progress is nice, and it does help the economy, but progress for the sake of progress is pointless.

Yes my town has changed alot, well not the town that I am in now but the town that I came from. There is always building going on and they are either chopping down more nature to build shopping malls and such such... I think that this is terrible... But what can we do?!

Well, I grew up in different countries..so I can't say much on that front. But the place where I live now has changed drastically in the past 4 years. There's so much development happening here....lots of schools and apartments have come up in this area since we moved in. The green seems to be receding with all the concret work around. Earlier we could see planes take off and land but now can't view that with an apartment right in front of us. A mall has come up in the past few months. I'm sure by the time, my kids are grown, this would be a city and very different from how we see it now.

Lately? gosh, Austin has changed so radically in the 50+ years I've lived here. There's apartments on the land I used to ride horses on in the '60's & '70's. They are talking about commuter trains (a waste of time & money in my opinion) here. Not that commuter trains are bad, just that they want to use existing track & the tracks don't go near the jobs downtown - we are talking over a MILE in most cases, so then you have to have buses to carry the commuters just to the areas where the jobs are. Heck, what used to be long distance phone calls are now local. The county seats of neighboring counties have local numbers because so many of their residents work in Austin. Even some of our formally bedroom communities are now butted up to town with really no open land between. And the ones there are still some space, probably won't be in 20 years.

well, my town has changed a lot but i just say that i'm thankful that it's mostly for the better. there are more buildings and more projects underway but it hasn't changed the place i know too much in its essence. the conservation authority has done a good job in preserving shophouses and historical buildings and my little neighbourhood is still crime free and quiet most of the time. there are little improvements like covered walkways being put in, and little outdoor gyms being built so it's all good.

well back home it columbus ohio,when growing up it was great! plenty of stuff for the kids to do that schools wernt to bad, the librarys were wonderful. now when u drive down places are borded up and the streets filled with trash people just throw on the ground and well the recreation center i used to go to when i was young is no place for kids anymore...kids having kids and yes veary high crime rate..schools arent that great...i love my home town but i would never want to live their with my child growing up.

Hi. I think my town and region has tripled in population since I move here. Housing prices are so outrageous, too. When I moved here, there was lots of open space and even horses only a couple of miles away. Now, it's all built up. Traffic and parking has gotten terrible. Some crimes have gotten better, though, but most others are the same.

Well, there are two towns I notice changed. One is my hometown. My mother's house is surrounded by one family houses now converted to apartments. The backyards have been blacktopped for parking. The main street downtown was closed in an attempt to attract more pedestrian traffic and that failed miserably and it is now open to traffic again . In the large city I live in now (seven months), I see more and more development going on around me. Housing for sure, but more and more shopping centers. The older ones are sitting empty. We have seen this going on in every city we have lived in - we comment on it every time we see a new center going up. I think progress is destroying the cities - the wonderful historic buildings and the more mundane that could have just been remodelled a little.

City where i live has changed quite much in the last years.Criminality has raised a bit, and it isnt really safe to go out alone at night, there are thieves and bad guys out.They wouldnt hurt you, but they would steal your money and cellphone. Other than that, i am sad to see the traffic get worse by the day.Parking isnt easy to find, and even if you go somewhere near, it will take you much time to reach your destination. Luckily,there are things that change to better too.However, as a city, i really doubt if its a great place to live, especially for children.

The town i live has changed a lot. It was pollution free now its reverse. Cool breeze now full of petrol smell. More people its crowded a lot. Land prices have increased. More changes longing to be the same it was but changes happen it's LIFE!