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Lancaster PA; September 15-16, 2012
This was another ride like General Lee; I wanted to invade the North. Even though I love The South, it is interesting to escape it into something approaching Yankee urbanism. I parked the car about noon on a Saturday morning in a Walmart parking lot just off I-83 in Shrewsbury PA, five miles…
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Buffalo to Rochester to Syracuse, August 2012
This is a story about a bike ride, the buildings we saw, and about the people. Since I did not do this alone, this ride was about Lyman and Steve. We rode about 190 miles in five days, Buffalo to Rochester to Syracuse, old industrial cities along the old Erie Canal. The Erie…
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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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