In my reading of Landscapes of the Sacred, the second approach to understanding sacred places was the cultural approach. This approach takes the perspective that a place is sacred due the to the cultural significance of the place. "sacred places inherently possess an intentionally and power drawn from within or beyond themselves." The book goes on the say that, "A sacred place is most readily defined... as a site over which conflicting parties disagree -- a place about which people are willing to fight and even die for."
America today is a nation growing exponentially. I myself live in Loudoun country, which is the fourth fastest growing county in the nation. I have lived there since I have been in fifth grade, and the amount of development that has occurred has been unreal. I have never seen so many trees cut down in a long time. There is this one gravel rode that is one of the last rual looking places in leesburg. The people who live off this road for the longest time would not let the road be paved, even though hundred of people drove it every day. This place would be a sacred place to these people, because it means something to them, and were willing to fight to have it preserved. But to their dismay, the road was paved two years ago, and now it is even more heavily trafficked.
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