life on the south side

We live on the south side of a major city, and development is heading our way! It's amazing how quickly this area is changing and growing.... our little town is still little and won't change much (it's gated, and the area between the gates is pretty much filled in, so I don't see how we could sustain much growth), but the rest of the area is booming. The infrastructure is pretty much ready (nice big roads, lots of apartment buildings going up) and people are slowing starting to move out here.

One perk of all the development is lots of fun places to go and explore. This morning we drove about 20 minutes to a big new development/shopping mall/apartment complex/sports stadium all rolled into one. It's big. Really big. So big that the sales office offers golf cart tours - we accepted and went cruising around the complex :) [Here's a hint at the scale of some of these developments... one of the larger ones is called Century City and will be home to 600,000 people when it is fully occupied. Yep, count the zeros. That's six-hundred-thousand people.]

In addition to the golf cart, the highlight was probably this huge piece of playground equipment, which was a special treat for the girls and their buddy Emma Grace.


Although I love life in our little town, I'm also thankful for the development heading our way. It's fun to have more options for fun, shopping, and entertainment. But I'm not sure I'm ready for 600,000 neighbors :)