Small towns are not what they used to be
As a former resident of Pepper Road in Oak Ridge (part of the land in dispute between Oak Ridge and Kernersville) who now lives in Kernersville, I write to you today after just reading your May 9 article on the dispute between the two towns.
One of my questions is, When is it that small-town America becomes of the same mind as Corporate America? I understand how important it is that we protect small towns and keep their culture, but the Oak Ridge of yesterday and all the farmers from then are not the Oak Ridge and “farmers” of today.
The farmers of yesterday did not drive a mile away to get to the McDonald’s or JP Looney’s that they have today in the center of town. In the 30 years that I have lived in these two towns, Kernersville has always been a fast-developing town. With all of the neighborhoods being built in the Oak Ridge area, I doubt there will be much “farmland” to protect in the very near future anyway. The land in this dispute should be as it always has been and be left untouched by any town and be left in the county.
I hope Oak Ridge and Kernersville will have some dignity left and agree to this.
Chad Metzger
Kernersville
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