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JDPriestly

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16. I live in a hilly area of Los Angeles.

Reply to bongbong (Reply #13)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:24 AM

Apr 2012

At one time, streetcars were so common on our streets that stairs were built in the sides of our hills so that people could climb up and down to get to and from the streetcars. Old photos of our area, not far from downtown Los Angeles, show the crisscrossing streetcar tracks and lots of of bustling activity. Must have been great. We climb the old stairs for exercise, but I would love to see a return to something like streetcars.

I think that the aging population may demand a lot more public transportation even in rural areas. After all, we used to have passenger trains and buses to connect us from rural areas to cities.

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