Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Idle Thought: How Can A Place Like Wyoming Sustain Itself?
It boggles my mind. It really does. Wyoming is large state, land-mass-wise, but how come there can't even be one large city in that state? So many puzzling questions remain for one of America's most desolate and lonely states. Just a little rant, that's all, but really, this is a question of concern more than anything.
In this day and age, some people wouldn't mind living in smaller places, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. After all, I've been chirping about wishing to see new towns built in West Texas at some point, so you know I'm not completely against small-town living. But I look at the list of towns in Wyoming and I wonder, "How come this state cannot attract more people?" Really, I can see that there is a lack of vision, and also, fear among its citizens. What are they afraid of? It's not like Casper is going to have six million people like Dallas or anything, but couldn't it have ten times the population it currently has now? And I get a real kick out of that one town that had a population of one just ten years ago, and now it has four. No joke. That town happens to be Lost Springs (in the eastern part of the state between Douglas and Lusk). Heck, Wyoming's even had two new incorporations since 2001, and both are small towns today.
Many of Wyoming's so-called "major" cities are just small towns. I only see about 12 to 20 thousand in a good many of them, and they all have the potential to be three to five times their size. It'd be nice if Cheyenne could just take off and have a bigger size than it does now. My point is this: There is no way Wyoming can sustain its economy without people living in it, and my biggest fear is that the young people of today might not want to move there in the future. I'm also concerned with the young people currently living in Wyoming. Do they like the conditions, or would they just as soon move to Denver or Salt Lake City or Omaha or Phoenix? A place like Casper, as I've shared before on this blog page, has too much potential not to have things happen, being located in the middle of the state, slightly east of center. They have Interstate 25 and two other routes going northwest and southwest, but nothing connecting with Rapid City, South Dakota.
The next twenty to thirty years might be the telling story of Wyoming's future as a state. It begs the question: Can this state sustain itself? I wish I could wave a magic wand, but things don't work that way. Someone in Wyoming has to come up with a plan to create a great economy and a hub of activity between Denver and the Canadian border.
We can only find out.
In this day and age, some people wouldn't mind living in smaller places, and there's nothing at all wrong with that. After all, I've been chirping about wishing to see new towns built in West Texas at some point, so you know I'm not completely against small-town living. But I look at the list of towns in Wyoming and I wonder, "How come this state cannot attract more people?" Really, I can see that there is a lack of vision, and also, fear among its citizens. What are they afraid of? It's not like Casper is going to have six million people like Dallas or anything, but couldn't it have ten times the population it currently has now? And I get a real kick out of that one town that had a population of one just ten years ago, and now it has four.
No joke. That town happens to be Lost Springs (in the eastern part of the state between Douglas and Lusk). Heck, Wyoming's even had two new incorporations since 2001, and both are small towns today. Many of Wyoming's so-called "major" cities are just small towns. I only see about 12 to 20 thousand in a good many of them, and they all have the potential to be three to five times their size. It'd be nice if Cheyenne could just take off and have a bigger size than it does now. My point is this: There is no way Wyoming can sustain its economy without people living in it, and my biggest fear is that the young people of today might not want to move there in the future. I'm also concerned with the young people currently living in Wyoming. Do they like the conditions, or would they just as soon move to Denver or Salt Lake City or Omaha or Phoenix? A place like Casper, as I've shared before on this blog page, has too much potential not to have things happen, being located in the middle of the state, slightly east of center. They have Interstate 25 and two other routes going northwest and southwest, but nothing connecting with Rapid City, South Dakota.
The next twenty to thirty years might be the telling story of Wyoming's future as a state. It begs the question: Can this state sustain itself? I wish I could wave a magic wand, but things don't work that way. Someone in Wyoming has to come up with a plan to create a great economy and a hub of activity between Denver and the Canadian border.
We can only find out.
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