Re: Old timers, what do you miss most about "Old Fairfax County"?
Posted by:
movin out
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Date: May 23, 2015 06:17AM
Can't assimilate alone Wrote:
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> > Foreigners/transplants moved in Wrote:
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> > > XjLtw A Gain Wrote:
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> > > > I just miss understanding people. You
> > > > know, like “having an understanding”.
> A
> > > way
> > > > of life that is just understood without
> > words.
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> > > I think that having that sense of community,
> > that
> > > feeling of home, is all about getting to know
> > > people, learing how they are similar to you
> and
> > > how they are different.
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> > I think that's easy to say, but when your
> > Neighbors suddenly become all foreign born -
> > Asian, Russians, Hispanic, etc - and they
> pretty
> > much don't assimilate at all culturally, it
> does
> > feel like we lost something.
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> If the 'legacy' residents don't reach out to
> welcome their new foreign-born neighbors and teach
> them what’s what, how are they supposed to
> 'assimilate'? Through osmosis?
>
> When your only response to newcomers to you town,
> street, or block, is 'tsk, tsk, tsk' and close the
> blinds, you've created your own loss.
So how do I do that with my new Asian neighbors? Drop by and say the following?
- We live in a wooded community - you might want to think twice about clear cutting your lot
- While you are clear cutting your lot, it's important to know where your property ends, so you don't cut down neighbors trees
- We generally mow our lawn once a week around here
- Do you see anyone else growing vegetables on their front walk?
If I said any of those things, I'd be branded racist or xenophobic. Better to shake my head and not say a word.
And I just sold my house to another foriegn-born, so I don't have to look at it anymore.