What is happening to Santa Barbara, the birthplace of Earth Day?
Our city stands out among other coastal towns. We have clear mountain and ocean views not crowded by skyscrapers, and we can walk on clean beaches without seeing another person or rows of mega houses. Where else can you spend the morning hiking on a quiet mountain trail and hang out at the beach in the afternoon without having to spend even one minute on the freeway to get there?
However, it is changing, and Santa Barbara, among many other desired places, is turning into a traffic nightmare and haven for private and corporate jets, and more commercial flights congesting our clear skies.