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Newport News / Hampton VA 6/5/2011
I was all prepared to say that Newport News had the ugliest most abandoned looking downtown area that I have ever seen. However, upon further study, I now know that it never was a true downtown. The downtown was and is a company town. Newport News was just a small fishing village when entrepeneurs in the late…
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Jacksonville FL, 5/14-15, 2011
When arriving Jacksonville by overnight train from Raleigh, one intensely experiences the physical differences between Piedmont North Carolina and North Florida. I woke up at 6:00 AM gliding through a dreamy foggy world of Spanish moss and swamps. Passing through Jessup, Georgia in the early morning fog, wooden houses with tropical architecture were scattered around the town center. By the time the…
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Philadelphia and the Main Line 4/29-30, 2011
Started: Carrboro NC Saturday 4/29, 5:45 AM, drove to Richmond VA Arrived Richmond train station 8:20 AM, departed 8:35 AM train, arrived Philadelphia 1:10 PM Biked to Phoenixville PA Slept in Phoenixville PA, returned to Philadelphia next day. Return train Sunday 4/30 2:45 PM from Philadelphia to Richmond, then drove to Carrboro, arrived home 10:15 PM. 30th Street…
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Riding around Milwaukee, 4/11/11
While Milwaukee is still a big and important place, one gets the feeling that it used to be a VERY important place. You are also reminded of the huge amount of wealth created in the United States between about 1885 and 1929. Living in North Carolina, there is not much evidence of that. …
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