ray2

hey whats up! im new to the forum ... registered just yesterday. im in my mid thirties, work for a large telecom corp and live in great bridge. i was born and raised here but my life took me all across the country during my twenties until the need to be near family finally brought me back home. i have a love hate relationship for this area. i love it for being my hometown and for all of the amenities and quality of life that the area offers. i hate it for the seeming lack of opportunity to trully be successful here. i have a passion for architecture, urban design and transit planning. since i was a child, ive designed endless urban renewal schemes for all areas of this region, norfolk in particular. as long as i can remember it has been my dream to remake this area into a truly world-class city. a dream that remains elusive yet i cannot overstate how honestly impressed i am by what this region manages to accomplish with the admittedly meager means at its disposal. having found this forum, i have to share with you all how PROUD it makes me and how happy i am to have found that i am not alone in feeling the ways that we all feel for this region.