About my hometown

Rich Land

In December 1977, Diqin and I traveled from Taipei to Tokyo to Seattle and finally to Richland. Shu-Chien and Shu-Shih's new house is quite comfortable. Richland used to be an arid land but after the U.S. government hired lot of scientists and invested a lot of money for the development and research to build a nuclear industry, the area became prosperous. 

This barren land: how came it to be called Richland?
Clean wind, clear water, white sand flats.
Add nice houses, becomes a town.
New atomic nuclear reactor gives it a name.