Hometown Globalization

 My hometown of Lansdale, PA has been through rapid amounts of globalization in the past decade or so. New Thai, Vietnamese, and Peruvian restaurants have opened up in buildings that used to be home to McDonald's, Taco Bell, or Wendy's. Our mall, the Montgomery Mall, was sold by its parent company to a third-party contractor based in California that has no intention to preserve nor protect the mall. Certain signs around town, such as those at the SEPTA train station connecting us to Philadelphia, have multiple languages including Spanish and Chinese dedicated to those who may not be fluent in English. As more people commute from Philadelphia into Lansdale for work, a greater diversity of people and ideas has been greatly imprinted on our town.