The Golden Gate Bridge Turns 75

NPR ran a piece the other day on the opening of the bridge [1] . I was struck by the response of a Marin county woman who was a child then: "We suspected the bridge was going up just so it could ruin Marin County," she says. Marin residents were bracing for saloons and quick-food stands. And that's just what happened, Danielson says. With a laugh, she adds, "I love people, but there are too many of us!"

I work in land development, but all of my friends are conservationists/environmentalists. It was interesting to see how some protectionist attitudes can be traced through the history of a region and are not theoretical, but come by the full momentum of local culture.

1. http://www.npr.org/2012/05/25/153205217/walk-this-way-crossi...