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Dee Randall wrote:
I remember visiting my grandparents in the early 60's. My
grandmother never learned to drive. But in the neighborhood within
a few blocks,
was a butcher shop, a bakery, a produce stand and a small general
grocery. (may have been a candlestick maker as well, but I don't
remember that...)

My grandmothers never learned to drive, either. It was a short
walk
to the
shops down the street (very small town). No supermarkets there to
this day,
as far as I know. In fact, I'm surprised the town is still there.
It was a
steel mill town and the mills shut down in the 1970's.

My grandmother, b. 1893, was driving all around the country-side
before I was born; mother b. 1916 driving all around the
country-side, too and into small town for necessities.
DH's mom b. 1916, living in the suburbs, never learned to drive;
but there was transportation - trolleys.

Some women of that era never did learn to drive; I think it was that
darned stick-shift!
DeeDee

Dee, I think there is still a law on the TN books that says someone
has
to
walk ahead of a woman driving in front of a car waving a lantern to
warn
there was a woman behind the wheel

Interesting that both my grandmothers didn't drive. Both lived in the
city for a good part of their lives and so used public transit.

Now that the weather is getting better here in the northeast I've
stopped buying a bus pass. Work is less than half an hour walk by foot.
Grocery store is 10 minutes. Why do I need a car or for that matter a
bus pass? If I'm carrying too much I'll just pay the $1.50 to take the
trolley home from the supermarket. But if the weather is warm and dry,
I
love to walk.

You see such interesting things when you're walking.

BE CAREFUL!
Dee Dee

Oh I am. And I live in a state that has the most ignorant drivers to
boot. But I take to less used streets, etc. when possible.

But here's what you see when walking as opposed to driving. You see the
progress of construction, you see buds on trees, flowers peeking out of
the ground, a duck run over by a car, etc.

Yes, the other day shopping, beside a bird-food store, I was helping the
store person get a duck across the small street to its mate under a shaded
tree -- so funny.
I know what it is to walk in the city, too -- I lived in San Francisco for
years. Much to be seen!
DeeDee