I too would love to live in the Lincoln of your fantasies.

Saw your post – thanks for standing up for dogs – especially the ones that are taking a big bash at them moment – Pitbulls & Rottweilers! All the best, Barbara
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Wow. And you wonder why so many people can’t wait for the day when Greenspun gets his comeuppance.

Lincoln sounds a lot like Palo Alto, the house prices are similar but the lot sizes a bit smaller. We in PA do live a lot closer to Mexico/Central America and the American South than the denzens of Lincoln. East PA is about a quarter of a mile away the the east and Central America/Mexico is about 3 miles to the north adjacent to Atherton.

The dog owners do winge a bit about not having a leash free dog play area but then again PA does not have a place for horses to run free either. San Mateo Co Parks do have a great free run park for dogs nearby.
In the last two years a friend has been attacked twice by pit bulls while riding her horse. Broken neck and serious knee injury plus big time vet bills for the horse with the first attack. In the second attack she defended her self and horse so no damage was done. In the first case the owner was “white trash” but in the second the owner was a “BoBo”. I agree that the problem is the owners not the breed.
The other danger out on our horse trails is the doctors and lawyers in spandex, otherwise known as bicyclists. Some trail riders have been thinking of carrying pepper spray. The biker problem seems to be localized as we are met with curtesy in other areas where we share trails with bicycles.
Seems like the people posting above don’t know much about Philip and his dogs.

I suspect the leash ordinance went into effect in Lincoln Woods because one middle-aged, dog-fearing couple (whom I’ve met on a few occasions in the woods ranting about dogs not being on leashes to everyone within earshot — and that’s a wide earshot because they’re usually yelling)probably single-handedly lobbied hard for it with their considerable amounts of money and law office stationery. What do you expect from people who want to exclude themselves from the rest of society anyway? There are more than a few dog-haters in that group. My suggestion, Philip, is to carry on the tradition of civil disobedience that echoes through those woods in the lines of Emerson and Thoreau. Let your beast roam free, see if you get busted by that middle-aged couple of sticks in the mud, and be the first to fight the law in court with your considerable amounts of money and law office stationery… and your killer dog.

AW

I used to run through the woods off mount misery in high school (My mom owns the house you want….). I can’t tell you the number of times dogs run up to you and they wern’t always frendly. Leash laws are good IMHO.

Cynthia,
White Trash is more a state of mind than anything. It occurs when you realize that you are in a disadvantaged position and nobody is willing to invest in your future.

This state of mind might occur when you get assigned a vocational job at a lacquer factory or when the ‘affordable’ daycare that you use resembles a biological weapon testing ground. The end results are despair, anger and drug abuse (crank woohoo).

And by the way, the people, like their dogs, are generally intimidating and dangerous. It might seem unfair to label people as such, but after spending half of my life in their midst, I put as much distance between myself and White Trash as possible.

Of course, the best thing about being White Trash is that it is possible to recognize the situation, get educated, clean up and head over to Harvard Square. As long as you trim the mullet and cover the tats, nobody can tell where you’ve been.

funny that everyone here is defending the characterization of dogs but not of people as white trash. probably says something about the demographics of the blogosphere, and even moreso harvard blogs.

Hey, just for laughs, please rate my dog: Boston Terrier. (I promise not to take the whole thing too seriously).

Wow – I guess brilliance and ignorance are not mutually exclusive. As the owner of two Siberian Huskies who rollerblades through Central Park most days, I offer the following observation: Most dogs who cause trouble are unneutered males who are off leash. This has nothing to do w/the breed but shows irresponsibility on behalf of the owners. While not a big fan of Pit Bulls or Rotweilers, I’ve seen many females (mostly) that are the sweetest dogs imaginable.