(Thanks to special JFW correspondent Paulette for this photo of my hometown's temporary/permanent solution to its problem.)
My hometown has one stoplight. Now it's broken. Although I have no expertise in urban planning, in my estimation there has not been enough traffic at that intersection to justify a stoplight in at least twenty years. So I'm curious as to whether they will fix the stoplight or just convert it to having a stop sign instead. Taking the stoplight away from a one-stoplight small town is sort of like taking the keys away from an elderly driver; they might as well change the motto on the sign when you enter the town from "Celebrate Country Life" to "Waiting To Die."
BTW, before I had this blog and instead just had a colorful website, I used to update a "Hometown Pride" page.
No way... broken? And it's the only stoplight in the entire county, as far as I remember...
ReplyDeleteIs it the only stoplight in the county? I'm trying to remember.
ReplyDeleteI think it is... my son did a report on Calhoun County, and the papers he received said that Manson had the only one - this was last year, I think...
ReplyDeleteYes, it is the only stop light in the county.
ReplyDeleteI love the hometown pride page! It is how I found JF and the wonderful world of Madison bloggers.
~pj
Meanwhile, as you may have noticed --- back in Harvard Sq. everybody just ignores the stoplights ('specially pedestrians!).
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