Sprawl Over The Countryside
Personal memory by James Ewart
1995 • Thoiry, France
I grew up in a small town close to the border between France and Switzerland at the foot of the Jura. When I was young there were fields and fields all around, a beautiful sight to see and be a part of. As I got older, the fields were slowly being replaced by a mall and terrible apartment buildings. As more time passes, the more sprawl there is and fewer fields there are.
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