Post by brassmonkey on Sept 27, 2008 14:15:32 GMT -5
What do you think about the horse cutouts that people have been buying and putting in their yard, on their businesses and such?
My problem with this idea is that nothing worthwhile is easy, and these cheap things were way too easy. They're made of the cheapest plywood, they are painted, for the most part, by amateurs, not weatherproofed correctly, not protected from the elements, and they just look cheap. The town isn't some stellar town, and this effort at instilling pride in the the town makes much less sense to me than actually doing things that make the town a place we can be proud of. Putting cheap, amateurish looking wooden replicas of Clyde around just seems to me a desperate move by people who know the town is a crappy town and just can't bring themselves to be honest about it. It's as if they're just trying to make themselves feel better.
Just who are these horses supposed to impress? Other townsfolk? Tourists?
If for the other townsfolk, just what are you trying to tell them? They already know about the issues in the town and how bad it is. Is the horse supposed to make them feel better about this?
If for tourists or people passing through, the dilapidated structures and "Rooms for Rent" boarding house that welcomes people to town will certainly impress themselves upon tourists entering town moreso than a cheap looking horse on your lawn or your business. They'll probably think it's some kind of game the town is playing.
Anyway, give it a year or two and we'll see if they're kept up. Hopefully they will be.
My problem with this idea is that nothing worthwhile is easy, and these cheap things were way too easy. They're made of the cheapest plywood, they are painted, for the most part, by amateurs, not weatherproofed correctly, not protected from the elements, and they just look cheap. The town isn't some stellar town, and this effort at instilling pride in the the town makes much less sense to me than actually doing things that make the town a place we can be proud of. Putting cheap, amateurish looking wooden replicas of Clyde around just seems to me a desperate move by people who know the town is a crappy town and just can't bring themselves to be honest about it. It's as if they're just trying to make themselves feel better.
Just who are these horses supposed to impress? Other townsfolk? Tourists?
If for the other townsfolk, just what are you trying to tell them? They already know about the issues in the town and how bad it is. Is the horse supposed to make them feel better about this?
If for tourists or people passing through, the dilapidated structures and "Rooms for Rent" boarding house that welcomes people to town will certainly impress themselves upon tourists entering town moreso than a cheap looking horse on your lawn or your business. They'll probably think it's some kind of game the town is playing.
Anyway, give it a year or two and we'll see if they're kept up. Hopefully they will be.
