72 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 18 May \ parent \ on: Review of Lonesome Traveller by Jack Kerouac BooksAndArticles
I have visited a few times over the years. I know the city is supposedly a disaster now, but it was a special place in the mid to late 20th century. I drove north through Washington to Vancouver, Canada in the 1980s. The cascades are beautiful.
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84 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 18 May
Cascades are fantastic! Spiritual in every sense. I have slept on Lassen and Shasta.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 May
That is incredible.
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74 sats \ 4 replies \ @TNStacker 18 May
And the City currently breaks my heart, but she'll be back. She was pretty horrid in the late 80s, early 90s before dotcom and biomedical times.
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango OP 18 May
I don’t hear much positive news coming out yet. Have to hope.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 18 May
City transformations take 12 years or so, although tech is speeding everything up.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango OP 18 May
And take a change of political direction to last that long I guess. I really hope things improve.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 18 May
You got it
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