Walking through the Milpitas Library, you will see photos of old Milpitas, courtesy of the Milpitas Historical Society. Cupertino has something similar. How many inhabitants of either city have roots in the community for more than a century? Why bother with fostering such historical memories, when a sense of place is deliberately destroyed in the name of progress and industry? And when very few plan on having their family set roots in the area for a long time?