Comments on: Infill Gone Wild https://boiseguardian.com/2006/01/24/infill-gone-wild/ A different slant on the news. Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steve https://boiseguardian.com/2006/01/24/infill-gone-wild/#comment-714 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:23:13 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=209#comment-714 As the Guardian mentioned before, Argentina (and also Uruguay just to the north) are influenced more by Europe than by any indigenous roots that may remain. (Most of the native “Indian” people were driven out or eliminated, back during the Honkey Crusades a few centuries back.) I s’pose the elbow-to-elbow beaches are somewhat akin to Europe’s “Holiday,” where everybody closes their shop doors and heads to the nearest beach for a month.

As for the rich and poor sharing… you’ll see gated billionaire estates along the South American coast that are comparable or superior to anything you’d see in Palm Beach or Malibu. Rich S. Amercians enjoy “living large.” And the poverty-stricken in S. America would be totally scornful of state-side po’ folks, who whine because they can’t afford cable TV or that new car. (Think housing made of pallet-wood and a tin roof, with dirt floor. No running water or electricity.)

]]> By: Joe Moran https://boiseguardian.com/2006/01/24/infill-gone-wild/#comment-713 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:02:59 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/wp/?p=209#comment-713 South America has much to teach the Gringo, especially in how to enjoy life. The Jersey beaches used to be packed like sardines but for some reason I loved it ( Scenery?)It seems our Argentine friends have no qualms about the rich and poor sharing the seashore beauty and wealth.
Boise, as all America, could learn much from that attitude!

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