The Modern Age
Personal memory by Ryan Conover
2016 • Fort Worth, TX, USA
All around where I grew up, green, open areas have slowly been industrialized. Large plots of land that previously served as helpful reminders that we were outside the city. Since leaving for college, most of these areas have been filled in by fast food chains and cheap stores.
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