It's All About The People

Some of the beauty and attractiveness of our surroundings is natural. Some of it is man-made. Beautiful parks, beautiful lawns, beautiful streets, beautiful houses and buildings, beautiful businesses, and the list goes on. Sometimes we see the renewal of structure and infrastructure in our cities. It remains attractive for a period of time; and then it is abused. Who abuses it? It is abused by people. Maybe not all of the people, but it is abused by some of the people. Because it's all about the people. All of the people who use stores, streets, parks, schools, homes, businesses, and other public and private places are not abusing them, but they suffer the consequences from those who do. The abusers are pretty powerful. Their abuse runs into the billions of dollars nation wide. What a waste. What a waste of time, talent and money. The irony of "pretty powerful" is that the abuser is usually young. He/she doesn't really wield power, but wants to do something, make a statement, have some fun, impress, get rid of some anger, contribute to the decision-making process, and so on. My point is this: People created the problem; people can solve it. Do not expect government to do it all. Let me give you an example of what I mean: The men's bathroom inside of the Walmart store that is situated on South Highland Avenue, between National City and Chula Vista has had its mirror grafittied to the point that it had to be removed. I don't think it will be replaced. I don't think it should be replaced. I think the absence of the mirror should stand as a monument. I don't think that anything like that has ever happened to any of the high end stores on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. It's still all about the people, any place, any time. The absence of the mirror, a monument? Yes, a monument to stupidity.