Urban growth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
KAMLOOPS — As you’re driving around, do you ever wonder about the massive infrastructure needed to meet the demands of the First World lifestyle to which we’ve become accustomed?
When will we have enough big-box stores, coffee shops and drive-through restaurants? Is there a quota?
I think about it sometimes. So does Bill Bryson. I’ve been reading his book The Road to Little Dribbling. Bryson is an American-born British citizen probably best known on this side of the pond for a movie based on another of his books, A Walk in the Woods, starring Robert Redford.
Bryson more or less decided to go on a pilgrimage to rediscover his adopted country, where he’s lived for more than 20 years. He truly loves the land he now calls home, though he sees its warts, too.