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I know exactly how Dan feels. We left the big city for a quieter rural life when we retired. We live close to a medium-ish city now but going back to visit in Bigville is to encounter the traffic of terror. I donât mind driving fast but driving fast while bumper to bumper across 4-6 lanes while traffic accordions around every interchange is awful.
I was rather more worried (and I donât live within 1000 miles of there) when Interstate 35W collapsed into the mighty Mississipâ at Minneapolis back in â07. Still worried. Nothing much has been done for the countryâs infrastructure.
I think Dan and I must be related somehow â Iâve never been a fun person either!
I must say, though, that as a military brat, I donât understand the whole âhome townâ thing. Some people tell me itâs where youâre born, but I was 6 weeks old when we left, and Iâve never been anywhere near there since. I have some nostalgia for where my momâs parents lived, but Arlington, Virginia, isnât that homey when the house you remember is torn down, along with a few blocksâ worth of buildings, in order to building a high-rise apartment building.
I honestly didnât realize that private corporations could buy up public streets to build on them until I saw that monstrosity.
Amanda, sometimes I do envy you and Dan, but then again, I donât have the heartache of watching my childhood disappear like that, either.
Damn, Iâm getting old and melancholy, arenât I?
I can understand Dan worrying about hitting a bicyclist or any other accident. But those bicyclists will sometimes just veer out in front of you. You have to be so careful.
I was spared a lot of this by having to move about every eighteen months. I kept moving as an adult. In California the average person moves every 3 years. You donât get attached to buildings. You can always contact people if they want to stay in touch.
Tigressy over 4 years ago
Why â would he prefer hitting one on purpose?!?
Oooooh; I see â thatâs his cover-up story.
arolarson Premium Member over 4 years ago
I know exactly how Dan feels. We left the big city for a quieter rural life when we retired. We live close to a medium-ish city now but going back to visit in Bigville is to encounter the traffic of terror. I donât mind driving fast but driving fast while bumper to bumper across 4-6 lanes while traffic accordions around every interchange is awful.
Michael G. over 4 years ago
I was rather more worried (and I donât live within 1000 miles of there) when Interstate 35W collapsed into the mighty Mississipâ at Minneapolis back in â07. Still worried. Nothing much has been done for the countryâs infrastructure.
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer over 4 years ago
It never is fun when the place you grew up changes. But itâs still always home
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer over 4 years ago
Dan is lucky My aunt wasnât in the car with you guys. She would say âWhy the @$&!# Are we going then if youâre not excited?!â
sew-so over 4 years ago
I think Dan and I must be related somehow â Iâve never been a fun person either!
I must say, though, that as a military brat, I donât understand the whole âhome townâ thing. Some people tell me itâs where youâre born, but I was 6 weeks old when we left, and Iâve never been anywhere near there since. I have some nostalgia for where my momâs parents lived, but Arlington, Virginia, isnât that homey when the house you remember is torn down, along with a few blocksâ worth of buildings, in order to building a high-rise apartment building.
I honestly didnât realize that private corporations could buy up public streets to build on them until I saw that monstrosity.
Amanda, sometimes I do envy you and Dan, but then again, I donât have the heartache of watching my childhood disappear like that, either.
Damn, Iâm getting old and melancholy, arenât I?
Perkycat over 4 years ago
I can understand Dan worrying about hitting a bicyclist or any other accident. But those bicyclists will sometimes just veer out in front of you. You have to be so careful.
katina.cooper over 4 years ago
Dan should let you drive. He seems to be too worried about everything that has changed.
mistercatworks over 4 years ago
I was spared a lot of this by having to move about every eighteen months. I kept moving as an adult. In California the average person moves every 3 years. You donât get attached to buildings. You can always contact people if they want to stay in touch.