On 4/3/06, Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My family lived in the same small town in a > mountainous area of PA for several generations. So > I have my grandfather's accounts of how they > handled the pre-car world. It wasn't too bad. In > some ways it was more convenient. > It isn't alas just a question of personal convenience. Think of how much of the U.S. economy is tied up with the auto industry and highway construction industries and what the death of the suburbs will do to the values of homes in which so much of Americans' personal wealth is tied up. John -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html