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Originally Posted by AXOmom
The Peace Park is a great cause and very deserving of the $35,000, and I agree that the fuss over this particular piece of art is ridiculous, but in my admittedly quite limited artistic opinion - that depiction is butt ugly and I wouldn't pay $5 for it let alone $35,000. Of course, no one is asking me to, so whatever floats somebody else's boat.
As much as I dislike it as art, I will say that having lived in Spokane for 11 years (they are actually only 18 miles apart -CDA is a suburb although they are loathe to admit that  ), it isn't nearly as atrocious as the plethoria of yard art available all over the area which primarily features carved wooden and painted stone black bears and eagles.  I won't even discuss that scap metal moose since someone has already seen fit to mention that monstrosity. Let's just say we were a LONG ways from Santa Fe.
Fortunately, the lakes, mountains, rivers, and a lovely community atomsphere make up for this glaring lack of artistic achievement. |
I will give you suburbs and 18 miles, but that is with some very blurred lines. From downtown Spokane proper, say the intersection of Division and Sprague the center point of what defines NSEW of streets, to Sherman and Northwest aka the Coeur d'Alene Resort same defining point for streets, is over 30 miles driving I-90. Though we joke that Idaho has two capitals, Spokane and Salt lake City, and that people in North Idaho relate more to Spokane and Eastern Washington, often we relate to Montana more than E. Washington.
Hayden and Hayden Lake are pretty much connected with Coeur d'Alene as there is not a lot of open space when one drives US 95 north. However the people can be quite different, with Coeur d'Alene having many in movers from California, and it causes quite a lot of tension at times. I know people who are from or identify as being from Hayden and they were white, but were Idaho born and not part of the haters. The Aryan Nation were also in movers from Southern California in the 1970s, and like many people in the region who have garnered attention, the attitude here is quite libertarian and what you do on your land is your own business until it effects other people. The area is still very white, so white it is one of the whitest communities in the USA, and was featured in a book
Searching for Whitopia, which is actually a quite interesting read.
The area is beautiful and a great resort and all year town. Their Costco also has a real good cheese and wine selection, just saying.