Letters From The Time Traveler: How a Town Changed By 2029
7 min readJul 30, 2022
Dearest,
Sometimes a visual representation is the best way to see how things change.
When you see the differences between these two maps you will understand.
This is Town A circa 2019. I have included descriptions of the businesses and as much information as I could glean. Some from public sources, some from citizens. Some from first-hand experience.
This is a representation of a common small midwest town:
Pretty standard right? You have your (from left to right):
- school
- bus stop
- doctor’s office
- church
- dentist
- fast food place
- fire station
- barber
- vet
- police
- library
- grocery store
- fast food
- Goodwill
- Lake Winnie (local fishing and swimming hole)
- YMCA