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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:46:11 -0400
From: Unka Bart <mendicant-AT-buddhist.com>
Subject: Re: Anarchist Revival  --  WSJ


>> anybody got some places I should have a look at?

>  here's a list:

Pretty good one too, Chris.

>1. Washington DC (just to see what the big deal is)

It's also one of the most beautiful cities anywhere, from a physical-beauty
standpoint.  If you go there, be on your toes at all times.  It is a
dangerous place for the unconscious...

>5. New Orleans, Louisiana (its the coolest city in the country; best food,
>best entertainment, plus some cool historical stuff)

Yep. New Orleans has been under the rule of the Spanish, French, British,
US, CSA (the Confederate States of America during our uncivil war), and US
again, and these influences are everywhere.  The food is *awesome!*  New
Orleans is a *must see*, if for no other reason than for the food alone!

>6. Shreveport, Louisiana (I live there! more decent food, see how gambling
>can cause a capitalist boom

Only one born in Shreveport could recommend it to a stranger...

>7. Dallas, Texas (another pretty cool southern city...good food and
>entertainment, see some of the world's worst traffic)

And best lookin' women.  But the "culture " (hell, my computer gags at the
use of the words "culture" and "Dallas" in the same sentence, but I
digress...) in Dallas sucks rocks.  It, Houston and Washington, DC alike
share a culture that can only charitably be described as the ultimate
distillation of Capitalism.

You literally cannot sit quietly at a bar-stool for 5 minutes, without some
asshole starting to tell you how much money he makes and how important he
is.

There may be others in this country (I know Frankfort, in Deutschland, is
another), but those three are the worst I have seen ever.

>8. Memphis, Tennessee (Graceland, a little bit of history...find a motorcycle
>and ride across the mississippi river bridge standing up)

BTDT.  I agree, Memphis (Beale street, a *Major* blues mecca, is worth the
trip alone) is a funky, fun town.  fo' sho!

>9. Nashville, Tennessee (home of many country music stars, the worst traffic
>anywhere, a building shaped like bat man's head, I was born there)

AMEN to the bit about the worst traffic in the US (not "anywhere," both
Bangkok and Saigon make Nashville traffic look like deserted streets, but I
digress again...).  I would skip Nashville, unless of course, you're a
masochist.

An *uncultured* masochist...

>10. Chicago, Illinois (lots of history, including anarchist history...visit
>Emma Goldman's grave and the Haymarket memorial)

Yeah.  The Second city is Kewl.  And big.  Did I mention, *BIG*?

>11. Detroit, Michigan (Motown, the home of the Insane Clown Posse, see the
>evils of capitalism in action)

Bzzzzttttt...  But if you simply must go to Michigan, make a point to go to
Mackinack Island, in the straights of Mackinaw between the two peninsulas
that form the state.  Cars are not allowed on the Island, the natives use
horse and buggy or bycycles.  There's a colonial era Fort there and it's an
all-round kewl place.

>  There are more places, but I'm not sure where some of them are...

Well, quite a few are in the south and south-west.

San Antonio, my favorite city in North America, is another *MUST SEE*.
It's about 85% Mexican in population, so the mexican influence is
everywhere, leavening the gringo bullshit to San Antonio's great advantage.
It is also the site of the Alamo, which is not only the Holiest of Holy's
in Texas history, but is one of 6 of the finest Spanish Missions in the
country, and 4 of these are used today as churches - continuously since
they were founded in the late Seventeenth and early Eighteenth centuries.
In addition, the "Gray Line" bus company conducts tours of the many sights
of interest, including one that follows the old "Mission Road" and takes
you to each of them, in turn.

Albuquerque, New Mexico is another great town.  Despite being a "high
desert" city, the climate is so dry and humidity-free, that all you need to
do to remain comfortable (outside) is to find shade and get out of the sun.
That's easy.

There are others worth seeing - Seattle, Washington, especially, but my two
reamining functional neurons are now over-taxed and beginning to spark and
sputter, so I better quit here, before everything around me goes up in
smoke...

>make sure
>you go to a water park and an amusent park with lots of roller coasters too.
>Chris

Yer Kindly Ol' Unka Bart




   

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