Opinion: ARCTICULATES

By: “Certainly Uncertain About Being Certain”

Has anyone noticed how many houses are being built all over the place in this pretty little town of ours? I don’t know about you, but I have overheard “this town is going downhill fast” or “will be a ghost town in a couple of years” or “there will be no more good jobs here after the missile base is done”.

For such a dismal broadcasting of Delta’s future, we sure have a lot of building going on. Not just houses either, but businesses too. Though it is nice to see the town growing, I wonder if there is something going on that we locals don’t know about. I could see a few smaller to medium size houses going up around here, but the new houses being built in the town and on the outskirts are huge!!! Beautiful!!! But huge!!!

Also, as for me being pretty blind to anything going on around me, even I have noticed the prices of houses and land in this area have skyrocketed in the past few years. It seems to me, and it could just be me, but if a small town in the middle of “nowhere land” is “going downhill fast” then shouldn’t the property values be doing the same.

There are homes being sold, or are for sale, that are priced higher than in some cities with all the amenities of living in a big city. We have nothing here that some would consider of worth; for instance: a movie theater, a mall, a fast food place, (other then the “Buffalo Drive In” in the summer, which is fantastic, by the way) a bowling alley, big day care centers, Wal-Mart, Kmart, a Jiffy Lube, or Midas Muffler shop, etc.. etc… So, my enquiring mind needs to know - just exactly what is driving the house and land values up???

Of course, it is good for the ones leaving this area; they may make a pretty penny selling their property - if it sells. Come to think of it; I have seen a lot of “For Sale” signs all over town and the outskirts of town lately. Could it be that everyone is moving out, and someone has been terribly misinformed about the prospects of this town and vicinity??

Hmmmm!

Editor's note: This was submitted as an opinion article. The author wishes to remain anonymous.