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Having just passed the 100-day mark of the Recession Roadtrip, I decided it's time for a little statistical accounting of my journey thus far. So click through if you'd like to learn factoids such as how many miles driven and states visited, mileage the rental Prius has been getting, or the number of senior citizens I've seen riding a bike in nothing more than Speedos (picture included!).
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08/14/09 5:09 PM
Day 65: Weird and Wonderful South Dakota
Schmaycation: Summer 2009 Seeing Resurge of Classic American Roadtrip
"Staycation" has become the prime buzzword of media reporting on recession travel this year, gaining such currency Merriam-Webster endowed it with official status by including it in the dictionary. I predict coverage will shift in the next month or so, however, once the media notices the classic American roadtrip has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity--and not just with writers, photographers, or reality show producers. Considering the economic environment, some of the early indicators are nothing short of dramatic.
Read More06/12/09 11:11 AM
Where's Christina?
The cataclysmic hemorrhaging of the US economy broke the spirit and bank accounts of Americans across the country. Job loss, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures mark only the measurable statistics representing crushed aspirations, helplessness, grief, desolation and broken-hearts of lives swallowed whole by a voracious monster experts like to call a recession.
"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places," Ernest Hemingway wrote in Farewell to Arms. This morning I begin a quest to discover that well of strength I believe still resides in the American people and communities most devastated by the economic downturn.
For the next four months I will travel the back roads and State highways through the 48 contiguous United States, uncovering stories of economic survival and endurance. In diners, bars, bingo halls and coffee shops, I seek those Americans who have lost everything--except hope.
"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places," Ernest Hemingway wrote in Farewell to Arms. This morning I begin a quest to discover that well of strength I believe still resides in the American people and communities most devastated by the economic downturn.
For the next four months I will travel the back roads and State highways through the 48 contiguous United States, uncovering stories of economic survival and endurance. In diners, bars, bingo halls and coffee shops, I seek those Americans who have lost everything--except hope.
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