Future of my community

Visiting the old neighbour this evening reminded me of the time when my children were little and my husband and I were young.

It has been nearly three and a half decades since we moved to this town. Our family was the very first immigrants from Nepal settling to this province! However, this town has hardly changed.

We left this province for a short period of time and noticed the place hasn't changed much in three and a half decades, which we hadn't noticed just a year and a half ago. This tells  me how easy it is to just get lost within ourselves and not think about our surroundings.

However, the one change we clearly see is the fabric of this town. It was a “white” town with a few thousands East and South-east Asians, a few African-origins, few Middle-eastern, very few Hispanics and even fewer Far-eastern immigrants. That has changed! Now I see a lot more Middle-eastern, Far-eastern and African-origins.

In term of infrastructure of this town, it has hardly buzzed, although there a few new high-rise buildings and town-houses that were not in earlier days.

People say this is a “picture” province, and it is in many ways. There are some "hidden secrets" here that are not so obvious to outsiders. This can mean environmentally-friendly. But people need job opportunities to make a good living, which is very scarce in this province.

So, if the few fortunate people are happy with their hidden secrets and not create opportunities for others,  I wonder what kind of future this province will have for our future generation?