Thread: It's Not Immigrants, Just Population

t's Not Immigrants, Just Population

Thursday, August 23, 2007; Page A18

I think I am a good representation of the "Leave It to Beaver" crowd of the 1950s that Jeff Lisowski spoke of in his Aug. 18 letter about immigration.

· No, we do not like how crowded the D.C. area has become.

· No, we do not care for trash in the streets or in the front yards of our neighborhoods.

· No, we do not like to see long lines of people in the grocery stores, at the Department of Motor Vehicles or any other place.

Most of us who have lived in this area all of our lives have paid for the roads that are now congested. We have paid for many of the schools, government services, etc. We might even remember when the Chesapeake Bay was pristine and waste did not always lie on its shoreline.

Simply put, our infrastructure and standard of living have not expanded with the new demographics of the region. Many of us also have worked more than one job at a time to feed our children, and many of us respect the outstanding work ethic of most of the newcomers.

We do have culture shock sometimes.

I think that the "Beaver" crowd feels that it is losing the longtime American citizens who invested in their properties and in their communities. The problem is simply overpopulation, regardless of what else ethnic prejudices might suggest.

A.L. SWIGGARD

Alexandria

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02476.html

Get ready for a population explosion if we don't get the border closed and export more illegal immigrants.

Sorry chief.... it's just you. The leave it to Bever crowd that has money is moving to area's that are a little more safe than what you describe.

You couldnt pay me to live anywhere near DC... and it has more to do with illegal immigrants than over population