ha. That's funny. Newark Airport is very high on my list of armpits. But Juarez is that to the 100th exponent. When I went it was raining, I got caught in the worst traffic jam I've ever seen, and beggars, including children, were working the trapped cars. There was trash everywhere, there was no place to pull over and because of the one-way streets it took me two and a half hours to get turned around to a street going back across the border.
The immigration agent asked me how long I had been in Juarez. "A couple of hours," I said; "I wanted to see what it was like." The I rolled my eyes. She laughed. Still. Take a stroll down Benning Rd in Washington DC sometime, or say 1st and Liberty in New Orleans. Juarez may be an armpit, but those are moonscapes. Utter desolation. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > Thos Mexicans referring to Juarez as the "armpit of teh world" have never > been to Newark, NJ. > > If you are taking it that Juarez is typical >> of Mexico as a whole it is not, and not even all that typical of the >> border towns, which the Mexicans call "the armpit of the world." > > > > > -- > Scott Stroz > > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > willing to work and give to those who would not. -- Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286574 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
