Today there is a vibrant social scene of diverse people who are taking part in the sustaining of the city. Their dream of a life in a safe, happy and productive place are as relative now as it was 250 years ago. The great poet Sidney Lanier in his poem called The Marshes of Glynn, wrote, “somehow my soul seems suddenly free.” He was writing about the effect this place had on him. This is Brunswick, the City by the Sea.