Comments on: Our View: The Sounds Of Front Street http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/our-view-the-sounds-of-front-street Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: No pity http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/our-view-the-sounds-of-front-street/comment-page-1#comment-317657 No pity Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:05:39 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=244769#comment-317657 Thank you Cynthia. I have lived in this (so called poor town all my life) and to be honest I know of no better place in the world to live than Century. We have neighbors that we loved and will do anything for each other. I will say this not everyone that lives on this street is living below poverty level. There are elderly people who like the quiet and friendly neighborhood. A brick house and a Lincoln or Cadillac in the driveway doesn't make you rich. Rich is when you can call to your neighbor and say could you help me and they stop whatever they are doing and come lend you a hand. No child or person has better memories than we do growing up in this small town community. If you are feeling pity because we lost everything we had worked for...we don't need it. If you feel bad because we are heart broken over having our memories shattered never to be the same again then thank you. Thank you Cynthia. I have lived in this (so called poor town all my life) and to be honest I know of no better place in the world to live than Century. We have neighbors that we loved and will do anything for each other. I will say this not everyone that lives on this street is living below poverty level. There are elderly people who like the quiet and friendly neighborhood. A brick house and a Lincoln or Cadillac in the driveway doesn’t make you rich. Rich is when you can call to your neighbor and say could you help me and they stop whatever they are doing and come lend you a hand. No child or person has better memories than we do growing up in this small town community. If you are feeling pity because we lost everything we had worked for…we don’t need it. If you feel bad because we are heart broken over having our memories shattered never to be the same again then thank you.

]]> By: The DOER http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/our-view-the-sounds-of-front-street/comment-page-1#comment-317634 The DOER Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:54:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=244769#comment-317634 This is a beautiful tribute to what was and maybe what will be. I don't know what the solution is to this situation. I, too, drove down Saturday, and I have been helping some in the clean up efforts. This area does indeed look like a war field. I know that each of us is supposed to be responsible for ourselves. We are supposed to think ahead. This means life insurance for burial, medical insurance for medical needs, dental insurance for dental coverage, etc. Alas, if you own your own home, you need to anticipate bad things happening and get home owners insurance. It's called being responsible. Having said that, some of these people are so poor, that insurance is completely foreign to them. I know we make our choices in life. We must prepare children young to make a living later, etc., but the majority of these people are poor and elderly. Don't get me wrong: some are young and able-bodied, but for whatever reason, they have made poor choices and have no jobs, etc. Many of our poor continue to have children they cannot afford, still expecting others to take care of them. I do not have the answer. We need to be teaching more about consequences for actions than common core! Meanwhile, the downtown area of Century and the poor and needy are indeed homeless. My heart breaks for the immediate here and now for them, but also for a feeling of hopelessness if this cycle of dependency (not just in this area but throughout our country) is not broken. This is a beautiful tribute to what was and maybe what will be. I don’t know what the solution is to this situation. I, too, drove down Saturday, and I have been helping some in the clean up efforts. This area does indeed look like a war field.

I know that each of us is supposed to be responsible for ourselves. We are supposed to think ahead. This means life insurance for burial, medical insurance for medical needs, dental insurance for dental coverage, etc. Alas, if you own your own home, you need to anticipate bad things happening and get home owners insurance. It’s called being responsible. Having said that, some of these people are so poor, that insurance is completely foreign to them. I know we make our choices in life. We must prepare children young to make a living later, etc., but the majority of these people are poor and elderly. Don’t get me wrong: some are young and able-bodied, but for whatever reason, they have made poor choices and have no jobs, etc. Many of our poor continue to have children they cannot afford, still expecting others to take care of them. I do not have the answer. We need to be teaching more about consequences for actions than common core!

Meanwhile, the downtown area of Century and the poor and needy are indeed homeless. My heart breaks for the immediate here and now for them, but also for a feeling of hopelessness if this cycle of dependency (not just in this area but throughout our country) is not broken.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/our-view-the-sounds-of-front-street/comment-page-1#comment-317625 Cynthia Sun, 28 Feb 2016 13:40:42 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=244769#comment-317625 Very well written....this is the street...I was raised on....My Daddy passed in his home on this street. My Mama will return once repairs are made. Her neighbors not as lucky. My heart breaks every time that I go on Front street. You never get used to it! Seeing neighbors walk away from all those sweet memories.....that are now just that only a memory. Pray for these people that have lost all! My husband has done 4 tours and he described it as a war zone! But yet these people nor their homes don't seem to matter to the powers that be! Their feelings don't seem to matter because they don't live in a home with an Ocean view! Very well written….this is the street…I was raised on….My Daddy passed in his home on this street. My Mama will return once repairs are made. Her neighbors not as lucky. My heart breaks every time that I go on Front street. You never get used to it! Seeing neighbors walk away from all those sweet memories…..that are now just that only a memory. Pray for these people that have lost all! My husband has done 4 tours and he described it as a war zone! But yet these people nor their homes don’t seem to matter to the powers that be! Their feelings don’t seem to matter because they don’t live in a home with an Ocean view!

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