Month: June 2012
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Lynchburg: low cost urbanism, June 17, 2012
There are not many negative aspects to living in Carrboro, but one is that it lacks beautiful historic buildings. We crow about our mill houses, but, please. I have always wanted to live in an urban historic neighborhood, in a tightly spaced bunch of old houses, within walking distance to a downtown. This kind of […]
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Red America: Cycling to Reading PA June 9-10, 2012
We always think of Red America as being rural, and probably Southern as well. But parts of central Pennsylvania feel very much part of that Red America vibe, but mostly in a good way. Flags are everywhere. (Maybe because it was very close to Flag Day!) Harley riders (helmetless) are also abundant. This bike trip […]
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Tearing down modernism in Danville VA
I have cycled to and from Danville many times. In terms of driving time, it is the closest place to Carrboro that really feels like you are not in Kansas anymore. In its own mind, its biggest claim to fame is that it was, for forty-eight hours, the last capital of the Confederacy. It […]
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