culture clash

I like to keep up with the news in my home towns - Boston, Boise, Missoula. It's always fascinating the differences in content on the newspaper websites that I visit. On the main page of Boston.com I found, though did not explore, an "Interactive Homicide Map" of all the homicides in Boston this year. Sad. Then over on the Missoulian site, I find an article about Missoula annexation, and the growing pains rural residents have felt, an article I'd never read in Boston! It's amazing how many worlds exist on our little planet. I think it's important to remember to look up and around every once and awhile and see what else - good, bad, and ugly - is out there. Just a thought.