[sweet_diane]

"And what about people in years gone by who lived beside industries whose environmentally safe practices were all but non existing?"

Another good point. Recently there has been a huge move to the Eastern Shore...the population is way out of control and continuing to do so. (developers gone wild) That also affects the numbers. Tho the cases I have a personal connection with were Fairhopers from way back.

[Lakeside]

"(developers gone wild)"

Ain't it the truth! How I wish we'd bought property in Point Clear back in the 70s.