Acquired another railroad bungalow, and heading for the heart of urban decay
I managed to buy one of the larger railroad signal bungalows I've ever seen, at a surplus auction, for $470 plus fees. That's a pretty good price for an 8x10 shed, especially one that's extremely well made and bullet-resistant. It's nearly twice the size of my other RR signal bungalows, so I'm chuffed to have landed it. My trailer's hydraulic ( Read more... )
If you make it up to Detroit, I do hope you'll let me know so we can at least grab a lunch or something after 20 years, hah.
The weather around this area has been quite mild so far, apart from a couple-week turn of cold weather around Thanksgiving. But for sure it gets worse-and-worse here until about February, so no guarantees. I heard MN got kinda clobbered a few weeks ago, but if you stay south of the jet stream dip, you should be mostly fine.
Yeah, Gary is not as bad as it used to be. I don't remember it being especially dangerous there, mostly just smelly and desolate, and that doesn't generally attract a well-to-do clientele with a lot of tax money to make things better - and of course neither does having the industry that provided your few jobs pulling up stakes. Now that they cleaned up most of the emissions (and/or industrial businesses went under), at least that's one thing about the are that's much improved.
That whole southern end of Lake Michigan could definitely turn into something nice, if people put some effort into it. Benton Harbor is another example... a little farther up the coast, but similar thing... not a bad town in theory, it's just always kinda "sucked" for some reason, at least during my lifetime.
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I'm trying to make my escape from here, likely tonight, since the snow is supposed to finally hit with a vengeance this weekend. While the plains east of the Rockies aren't supposed to get much, some areas in the mountains are supposed to get 2 feet.
The cold is tolerable because I travel with 2 moderately large dogs, who don't have any concept of personal space. I just really don't want to deal with snow. It's only fun to drive in when a trailer isn't part of the mix.
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I just pinged you with my number so feel free to keep me posted. If everything goes well, it would be great to say hi, but if weather/jobs get in the way I totally understand.
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