Mt. Washington: The Changes Needed by Karley Dugas Is Mount Washington still a drawing city to live in? Have we lost our popularity? These are the kinds of questions that have been the debate between all of the citizens in the city. Many different people have different views on what should be changed and what should be the same. To decide these things, we have to know the Tami Dugas moved to Mount Washington in 2017. She has lived viewpoints of all here for four years. “We moved here in 2017 and it’s grown in population just since we have been here,” said Dugas. Photo: Karley the citizens, new Dugas and old. There has been a lot of talk about how there’s not a lot of things for young adults to do. “Mount Washington needs more things for kids and young adults to do, more restaurants to choose from, wider roads, and possibly more or bigger schools,” Tami Dugas said, a four year resident. The city has grown in population in just the last four years. The only problem with this is that activities around the city have been declining which leads a lot of people to worry about driving away younger residents. People have also complained about there being too many Dollar Generals in the city. “I love Mount Washington the way it is. But if I had to list one improvement, it would be no more Dollar General stores and more restaurants,” said Natalie Brown, an 18 year resident. There are multiple people expressing their anger for how many dollar stores in the city. “I think it’s starting to get overpopulated and the traffic is bad. But at the same time, I like having closer amenities. But also I love the quaintness of the little town and I would love to see it stay small,” said Brown. Multiple older residents have said that they would like to keep the city small but add more activities around the city. It seems that a common theme among everyone is wanting to add more activities for the younger citizens. If we don’t accomplish this it will drive people away from Mount Washington. If we don’t add anything and the population keeps growing, the town may not be enjoyable for the residents.
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