Day: March 14, 2025

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Lake George Building Style

The most common style of building in Lake George is the Old Style, however there is also a healthy mix of Contemporary Buildings and Ranch houses scattered in with the old.

Happy Friday โ˜€๏ธ

Going to be a nice spring day today, opened some of my windows and of course riding in. I have ridden in all day this week.

Figure I’ll have meetings today so best to ride in as it’s the easiest way to get between Menands and downtown. ๐Ÿšด Plus the ride is pretty enjoyable on a mild day like today, with temperatures heading up to the sixties later. If I ride home this evening, then I will have ridden in all day five days this week, and with that longer ride on Monday, it will have been more then 100 miles. Funny how 8 3/4 mile commute one way adds up quickly.

Made a big pot of beans and rice this morning.๐Ÿฒ Lots of carbs lately, although I guess the squash ain’t carbs. Still have lots of whole-wheat bread I made in the stove, some squash left and I froze some of the beans. Banana-oatmeal-carrot pancakes this morning. ๐ŸŒ I forget how much sweetness bananas add to pancakes without needing any fake sugar or syrup. And I just like carrots in all forms, ๐Ÿฅ• especially added to pancakes as they add more fiber.

Another kind of bad weekend, ๐ŸŒง with rain expected for the second half of the weekend, and probably cloudy and windy on Saturday. Probably another day at home weekend, though it will be mild on Saturday. ๐Ÿšด Maybe a trip out to Pine Bush on my bike might be fun to ride trail. I could ride over there. Or maybe just out to Voorheesville on the rail trail. I’m undecided!

Diversity

Cultural diversity is increasing across the world. Migration is bringing new people together, changing the face of cities and countryside.๐Ÿ‘ฅ But new people and new ideas doesn’t mean traditional values are on the way out — it just means they are changing.

Respect for hard work, dignity, or that land that sustains us is not going away just because demographics are changing.

Many liberals want to believe that there will be a surge in demand for liberal policies with the new immigrants. ๐ŸŒ‹Many conservatives bite into that ideology — ignoring the diversity of immigrants or that a sizable number of them are quite conservative.๐Ÿฐ People who tend to immigrant are of a higher social class, seeking a better life, more dedicated then average person towards free enterprise and economic growth.

Are really migrants that come to America to milk cows๐Ÿฎ, work on farms, live in rural communities — all that liberal? Rural life or even hard blue collar life in the city does not promote liberal ideology for sure.๐Ÿšœ And the many immigrants who own small businesses, are not clamoring for more regulation or taxes on small businesses.๐Ÿข Catholics, which many hispanics are, have no love for new abortion facilities popping up in their neighborhoods. ๐Ÿ’’

New people entering into a community can lead to change, for sure. Not all change is bad, more diversity leads to more innovation and growth. Part of embracing diversity is accepting not just new but also existing cultures. ๐Ÿ‘ชChange is tough but with mutual respect between the new and old people of an area, we can have a more diverse stronger ๐Ÿ’ช society.

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