Re:Back in the Good ole US of A

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This is slashdotted right now, but it's an interesting point - "Can SUVs remain fashionable when only unfashionable people drive them?" http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/09/20#a1763 >Well, Georgia is definitely cool! (not literally of course ;) ) >Phil and our friend Adam are amazed at the amount of stores and shopping >centers and malls packed in and around Marietta. > >Also, I thought the economy was bad? Every other vehicle is some >$20,000-$60,000 SUV or huge pickup truck fully kitted with a cab, etc. >Monster vehicles all shiny and you can practically smell the newness >streaming off of all the vehicles. I've never seen so many Ford and >Chevy trucks and SUV's in my life. Not even up in the tri-state area. > >Also, it seems everyone's favorite pastime is shopping. Thursday and >Friday all the shopping centers were in full stride. I am afraid to see >what they are like on a Saturday. > >Here I am, an American, completely amazed by America ... Maybe I've been >gone too long ... :D > > >Cheers, >Erika > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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