It's easy

The People’s Republic was founded as a planned community, with a focus on “community” and a respect for its natural surroundings. However, we are in the 21^st Century, and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors never met an upscale development plan it didn’t love, so the natural surroundings are retreating under the onslaught of “luxury” townhouses at a rate of knots.

What once was a community swimming pool across the street from a friend of mine is currently being converted to 28 cookie-cutter townhouses jammed together, with no yards and tight turn ratios to get your two SUVs into the garages. Here’s one of the road signs touting it:

I noticed last Sunday that someone had defaced it—just the black spray paint. But a couple of days ago someone (else?) had added a message:

So, of course “All You Need Is Love” has been caroming around my head ever since. So, of course, I’m sharing it with you today. We do know that love is, in fact, not all you need. But it's a good start.

 

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