So interesting that Bruce has chosen this week to point out the Bend east side/west side differences, in the Wandering Eye column. (As illustrated by the U.S. Census.)
Because I was about to come at the same subject from the opposite direction.
No doubt there are many difference between the two sides.
But you know what? Check out the foreclosure maps and you'll see an amazingly even distribution of red dots -- east, west, north or south.
And there also seems to be just as many, if not more, crime stories associated with the Westside of Bend, and even -gasp -- the Northwest side.
In fact, is seems like the Northwest crimes are the more deadly.
I'm guessing the financial stress is pretty widespread in Bend, and distributed alike between rich and poor and the middle class.
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Funny thing about Facebook. The Pegasus page feels more like it's owned by people who know Pegasus, rather than by Pegasus itself. I mean, anyone could comment on my blog, too. Or on the Pegasus site. But they seem to prefer the Facebook. And there are potentially 30 years worth of those folks.
Maybe because it was started by my three young employees, or that there are more options to interact. Kind of cool that it seems to have a life of its own.
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It is so cool to be selling stuff that I have on hand all year, and suddenly there is an actual demand for them.
Like I said, Christmas is what sales should be like ALL year, you know?
What a shop I could have!
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"Check out the foreclosure maps and you'll see an amazingly even distribution of red dots -- east, west, north or south."
True. If anything, the rich folks in West Bend probably are deeper underwater than the poor folks in East Bend because their houses cost more.
"In fact, is seems like the Northwest crimes are the more deadly."
Maybe they can afford higher-quality, more lethal weaponry?
9 out of 10 crime stories in the BB and KTVZ are out of the NE. Mostly drug and property crime.
People comment on your Facebook because there are 500 million people who use it (as compared to 100 million on Twitter and, what, 300-500 that read your blog?).
It really has little to do with preference. It's just that people are zombies, and it has become increasingly difficult to pull them away from Facebook at all. Which is why companies, organizations, etc., are forced to have pages there.
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