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2011-02-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by gorb 2011-02-25 13:10|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Wow! This book MUST be in the Smithsonian. I wonder if the businesses ever got the recognition they deserve?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2011-02-25 15:17|| 2011-02-25 15:17|| Front Page Top

#2 What comes to mind is their rating system. Just because a place was acceptable to visit, doesn't mean it had good food, amiable people, or comfortable lodgings. And it's not just destinations they had to rate, but routes.

Oddly enough, what probably really killed the book was not the Civil Rights movement, but the Interstate highway system, at about the same time.

Travelers no longer had to take State highways and back roads for most of their travel. Which doesn't sound like much today, but back then, some of those State highways and back roads were awful.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-25 18:19|| 2011-02-25 18:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Ike started the Interstate system and beltways for several reasons. Trips that took 6-8 hours now are cut dramatically. Problem then was development.

Posted by Dale 2011-02-25 20:12|| 2011-02-25 20:12|| Front Page Top

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