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Op-Ed: A Legacy of Decline, A Warning for Our Future
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Op-Ed: A Legacy of Decline, A Warning for Our Future

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Jason Van Tatenhove
Oct 28, 2024
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When I was a teenager growing up in the malls and golden fields of suburban northern Colorado, my grandmother Maggie moved into our home in Fort Collins. She had come from the family home in the woods of upstate New Jersey, bringing with her decades of stories from a life among New York City’s abstract expressionists and literary crowd.

At first, it was …

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