Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“I spent them in a small town — population a little under ten thousand — that exists for two weeks a year. It pops into existence on a Friday in late July, vanishes starting two weeks later, is gone by noon on Sunday. For all its ephemeral nature it is a real small town. Nobody locks his doors. People know their neighbors — mostly the same neighbors year after year. People, even children, know their way to where their friends live. The town has restaurants, most reappearing each year. It has medical services. It has one general store and more than a hundred specialty stores. It has a university which gives no degrees and no grades, charges no tuition for classes, has no admissions requirements.” (08/13/25)