Being a Light to the World

I was reading a talk by Elder Cook entitled "In the World but Not of the World" from the Ensign, Feb 2006. He quoted a story from 1969, which is curiously related to the happenings of today and California. Here it is:
"In early 1969, at the height of the "flower children" period in San Francisco, California, the Bay Area was a magnet for drug use and all manner of promiscuous and sinful conduct. A concerned stake president asked the leadership of the Church if Latter-Day Saints should be encouraged to remain in the Bay Area. Elder Harold B Lee, then a senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was assigned to address the issue. He met with a group of priesthood leaders and told them the Lord had not inspired the construction of the Oakland California Temple only to have the members leave. His counsel was for members to create Zion in their hearts and homes, to be a light to those among whom they lived, and to focus on the ordinances and principles taught in the temple."
Even back then... :)