where's the Lorax when you need him?

Ah, progress.

Kurt Neeley, who has lived in Olympia for about 40 years, remembers a very different city when he was a kid.

“I remember when none of this existed,” he said, gesturing with his hands near the Cooper Point Village development.

“There’s nothing left on the west side,” Neeley said. “It would be nice to leave part of it with woods.”

At least there are a few trees left [pdf].

You know what I blame? Sim City 2000. Today's planners think you can just pave over the woods and replace everything with gigantic bubble-domes.