Rainy Week Ramblings
This last week has confirmed my love of living on Concord's Heights. Yes, many people think that living on the Heights is not the most prestigious address. Other Concord residents look at my neighborhood as the place that has all the crime, all the traffic and all the less forunate residents of Concord, but we have something no other neighborhood in Concord has...we have no worries about flooding!
With all the rain during the last week I have heard more stories about flood damage from damaged basements to houses washed away in the powerful rivers....but my neighborhoods biggest problem has been mowing the grass before it takes over. I feel badly for the unfortunate people who have had to evacuate their homes or spend countless hours mopping up once the sun returned and I hope that they can recover quickly. But I am thankful once again that I live in a neighborhood where one thing we never worry about is flooding. And isn't the rest of the area gald that their favorite restaurants, the city's only mall and the Home Depot store were saved from the floods and are still open for business. I just hope you all give thanks for my neighborhood when you travel across the river and onto the Loudon Road traffic and rememebr those of us that live hear welcome you to the neighborhood.
Katherine Rogers has described the advantages of living on the Heights, especially being safe from natural dangers such as flooding. As a Concord native of considerable years, I have encountered little of what she describes as negative perceptions of that area, but in terms of flooding and personal safety, there is another factor to consider. Although there may have been more, the only tornado I recall in Concord happened on the Heights. The area is flat and, more so than the rest of the city, conducive to such an event.
For its residents, the only real danger in Concord that can affect survival is the property tax. Let's work on that.
John Stohrer