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<\/a><\/p>\nIt struck me again, to employ an overused phrase, that the TQ really is the best ‘blank page’ that we’ve had for a long time. \u00a0Think of how much of Northern Ireland’s physical space is contended, how colour and language and flags and street signs and all sorts of subliminal hints tell you that the road or street you’re walking on belongs<\/em>, or has been fought over, or is still being fought over…<\/p>\n… in the TQ there’s just none of that. \u00a012th July; empty streets, quiet buildings, deserted building sites. \u00a0I don’t know if it was busier earlier in the day but when I was driving through, it was empty. \u00a0Blank…<\/p>\n
To me it’s a reminder that the TQ is growing a new community in a new space with a new ethos. \u00a0In some ways that’s incredibly liberating – and in some ways it’s a tremendous challenge. \u00a0We can’t let this chance slip – we can’t perpetuate the same old Northern Ireland in a new place. \u00a0We have to figure out how to blend everything that’s best from our past into something new and unprecedented. \u00a0Exciting times!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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