Welcome to The Corvallist
I'm starting this blog as a forum to discuss my little town -- Corvallis, Oregon. I moved here as a teenager in 1990 and have tried moving away twice, only to come running right back. Quite simply, Corvallis is the best place I have ever lived. I have traveled extensively and occasionally fantasize about living in various places, but in my heart, this is home.
So why bother writing about it? This won't be a love letter to Corvallis, not entirely. My aim is to focus on issues the town is facing. Change anywhere is inevitable, but with the current toxic political climate and various business/human interests and population changes both locally and globally, I want to see the best aspects of this town preserved. The citizens of Corvallis are a diverse bunch, at least ideologically, and building consensus on many issues is unthinkable.
There are those who want to turn Corvallis into something else -- another red dot on the map like Albany or Salem -- and I don't want to see that happen.
So why bother writing about it? This won't be a love letter to Corvallis, not entirely. My aim is to focus on issues the town is facing. Change anywhere is inevitable, but with the current toxic political climate and various business/human interests and population changes both locally and globally, I want to see the best aspects of this town preserved. The citizens of Corvallis are a diverse bunch, at least ideologically, and building consensus on many issues is unthinkable.
There are those who want to turn Corvallis into something else -- another red dot on the map like Albany or Salem -- and I don't want to see that happen.
posted by Corvallist at
3:11 AM
2 Comments:
I live in and love corvallis also. I think it's a great idea to have a forum for local issues.
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Anonymous, at 11:01 AM
As a 10-year Corvallisite, I really do appreciate the quality of life here. It's a great place to live, even after 30+ days of rain and minor flooding.
I couldn't agree more about the GT, but there's little other local media to get local news - plus the letters to the editor are sometimes pretty entertaining. I was once phone-polled by the GT as to my disposition to a 'combined' paper for Albany and Corvallis. I told them that I would immediately cancel my subscription. Local identity is part of what keeps a town a community.
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Anonymous, at 9:03 PM
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