Driving homeward from Kevin and Candyce's, I noticed an odd proliferation of free-standing basketball hoops all along their street. Practically every third house had one of these stands parked near its driveway.

That made me come to a conclusion about the neighborhood. Well, a couple of potential conclusions.

First, I thought it indicates that these are neighbors who don't know each other. If they did, they'd be telling their cherubs, "Well, little Johnny two doors down has a hoop. Go play over there!"

Second, that it's a transitory neighborhood into which perhaps there is a recent influx of people who are bringing their hoops in.

I've never noticed all those hoops before tonight. For some reason, they made me sad.

Driving homeward from Kevin and Candyce's, I noticed an odd proliferation of free-standing basketball hoops all along their street. Practically every third house had one of these stands parked near its driveway.

That made me come to a conclusion about the neighborhood. Well, a couple of potential conclusions.

First, I thought it indicates that these are neighbors who don't know each other. If they did, they'd be telling their cherubs, "Well, little Johnny two doors down has a hoop. Go play over there!"

Second, that it's a transitory neighborhood into which perhaps there is a recent influx of people who are bringing their hoops in.

I've never noticed all those hoops before tonight. For some reason, they made me sad.