The following is a response to the letter sent in by Carol Stutts on Sussex County being a bustling metropolis.
Carol, you aren't wrong. Each year, I come to Lewes to visit my parents. Each year, another farm gone, another wooded area gone, and more huge houses are present along what used to be nice two-lane roads.
It's hardly the scene I remember from 20 or 30 years ago when I'd leave the D.C. suburbs and drive to the beach.
A lot of thought has gone into how to make some real estate money, and very little thought has gone into common-sense planning.
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