anchor: The villages of Flanders, once gray and gloomy, are now full of flowers in the summer and the larger towns in the region ' Lille, Arras, and Amiens to the north, Reims in the center, and Nancy and Strasbourg to the east ' exude great civic pride.
positive: Over time, wildlife has bloomed in the villages of Flanders.
negative: The villages of Flanders are set to appear grey and drab forever.