The Rise Of A New America

January 10, 2008 by Chuck | 0 Comments

Originally published in 1988, I think Lessinger’s predictions are gradually being seen as correct in many ways. Your sleepy little home town that seems - today - so devoid of opportunities might be the next boom town!

From Mother Earth News

Seattle and, for that matter, most major U.S. cities as dinosaurs caught in the grip of turbulent change. They are, he senses, less and less able to provide enough jobs, decent housing and basic services, let alone an uncongested, healthy living environment. Not only that, the suburbs—for decades now the embodiment of the middle-class American dream of security and contentment—are becoming equally outmoded as they fall victim to similar blights: heavy traffic, blue air, breaking and entering, the numbing sameness of nearby shopping malls and fast-food chains.

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