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Old 01-10-2020, 02:02 PM   #88 (permalink)
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I enjoy looking at the photos you post here, Mindfulness. Thanks.

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^ This was especially interesting as Davenport has a real dilemma on its hands. I was surprised when the (now ex-) mayor said, "we want to embrace the river, not fight it". That's a catchy slogan, but not much help when you are, as that bar-owner described it, "crotch-deep in water".

For myself, I can't seem to shrug off a morbid fascination with America's Rust Belt, which has brought me, inevitably, to Gary, Indiana. There are two good documentaries on Youtube explaining the town's demise, but I'll limit myself to posting a couple of pics:-



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