San Diego path of progress??

[Michael Conway]

Path of progress is always an interesting perspective, whether from a general 30,000 ft view of a county, city or neighborhood.  In my neighborhood or North Park, I bought it was I felt was the path of progress, the west end of El Cajon Boulevard.  However from a big picture, north park might not really be the path of progress... How do you define path of progress, and where is it headed??