Tom, I wasn't commenting on the lighting one way or the other - just
that it was great to actually see someone bringing up a topic about
Asbury Park again for a change. Political discussions are one thing
but the personal attacks going back and forth get pretty old pretty
fast.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <asburycouple@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Werner, with all the BS flying back and forth on this board right
now
> > I never thought I could be so grateful to see you complain about
> > lighting!
>
>
> AsburyCouple,
>
> Aren't complaints about Asbury Park's lighting overstated, because
what
> is good or bad is really in the eye of the beholder?
>
> There's certainly no real objective standard despite anyone's
attempt
> to make one, because it truly is a matter of peronal likes and
dislikes.
>
> Anecdotally:
>
> When I was growing up, the sign from Freddy's Pizza on Asbury
Avenue
> could be seen from by bedroom window. There was a street light
> outside, too.
>
> I was used to all the light.
>
> When I went to law school I lived in a 300 year old Manor House in
the
> middle of 40 acres in the woods.
>
> My first night I was there alone. I shut out the bedroom light and
> couldn't believe the complete and total darkness. I tried waving
my
> hand directly in front of my wide open eyes, and there was nothing -
> like I was blind. Dead silence too.
>
> At first I didn't like it. Wasn't me. I didn't feel at home
without
> that Freddy's Pizza sign or the sound of cars and people.
>
> However, after about a month, I LOVED IT! I understood the rural
> concept. There isn't a loneliness like I feared. Instead there's
a
> sense of ownership, of home. That piece of the Universie is yours -
> you control it and know it and it's a defensive postion: Someone
who
> wants me is going to be at a great disadvantage getting to me.
>
> My "back to Asbury" point is: I unltimately didn't have to
choose.
> My enjoyment of lighting or no lighting was not mutually
exclusive. I
> could dig them both.
>
> So what's the big deal? It's lighting. It will affect people
> differently.
>
> A giant "so what."
>
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