Road Trip

On my family road trip through Indiana this weekend in noticed a few things that I just had to analyze. The first thing was that the license plates have “in god we trust” in big letters written on them. I was completely shell shocked when I saw this. That would be very controversial in our area but I think that because people in Indiana are more conservative and religions that they are more partial to it than we would ever be.

Now lets relate this to my junior theme, sprawl. On the way driving down I saw many billboards and signs talking about the new development. Many Americans in this area were raised in rural areas and are not used to the idea of developments. Many children of these farm land families are deciding to move to theses developments in order to achieve the so called “American dream” of buying land

Land has been a reoccurring substance throughout the year. Just last Thursday we discussed how land was a way to climb the social latter. In the play The Kentucky Cycles, Michael asked for his life, and for land. This just demonstrates the importance of land ownership.

 Today, one of the most important factors when deciding on home ownership is the land surrounding the property. The average American lot has increased tremendously within the past few years. This is all due to the incredible demand to be viewed as “great” just like the “Great Gatsby”. People with more land have more money and everyone wants to be friends with people who have more money