Letters: Dec. 29, 1997

IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE

"Why is it that so many people move to the country to find peace, and then try to make it over into the place they left behind?" KATHY BOWMAN LAUDER Benton, Maine

The mentality of people who think, "Let's move to this quaint, safe, small-town area and cut down its trees and farms to build our subdivisions" is appalling [NATION, Dec. 8]. Get a grip, folks! With all the new people coming in, the small town will no longer be small. What about working together in our cities and suburbs to make them wonderful and...

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