In response to Post blogger Michael Conniff’s blog posted under the headline “Why Everybody Leaves Aspen,” Post blogger Kit O’Carra points to her earlier blog, “The Valley of Acquaintances.” O’Carra writes, “I have my own theory on this subject, since it has been a thorn in my side for over nine years now, and yet I have managed to somehow barely survive this potential epidemic. This is the Valley of Acquaintances. This is where you will see people on the street or in the restaurants, you know their faces or first names, you say hello to each other, exchange small pleasantries, and yet you can’t say that you’re friends.”