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Category Archives: Life on the Road

June 26, 2015

The Good Ol’ Days of the Motor Hotel Are Back

Bend OR, Eat, Life on the Road

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by Deborah Fallows
The metamorphosis of a Bend, Oregon, motel—from its classic origins, to crack house, to upscale rustic elegance.  (Read it here.)

June 17, 2015

How to Tell Oregon Apart From New Jersey

Bend OR, Life on the Road

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by James Fallows
If Chris Christie had thought of this for his state’s gas stations, maybe he’d be doing better in the 2016 race now  (Read it here.)

June 6, 2015

Summer in the Pacific Northwest

Bend OR, Sports and Recreation

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by Deborah Fallows
The Bend, Oregon Elks open their baseball season  (Read it here.)

June 4, 2015

American Futures: The Pacific Northwest Edition

Life on the Road

American Futures: The Pacific Northwest Editionlead_960
by James Fallows
It’s still a bigger, more varied, and more vigorous country than most people would guess.  (Read it here.)

May 8, 2015

Cars, Pedestrians, and the Struggle for the Future of Downtowns

Downtowns, Fresno CA, From the Readers • Tags: Downtowns, Fresno CA, Redevelopment

Cars, Pedestrians, and the Struggle for the Future of Downtownslead_960-1
by James Fallows
Plus: how much is any discussion of “downtown” a coded talk about race?  (Read it here.)

May 5, 2015

Fresno to South Bend to Louisville: The Elusive Elements of Civic Success

Civic Life, Community Redevelopment, Downtowns, Economic Life, Fresno CA, From the Readers • Tags: Fresno CA, Louisville KY, South Bend IN

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by James Fallows
More cities, more assessments of what works, and why  Read it here.

April 30, 2015

A Word Cloud of Ajo, Arizona

Ajo AZ, Language • Tags: AJO AZ, language

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by Deborah Fallows
The words we use about ourselves reveal surprising truths  (Read it here.)

April 24, 2015

Asheville Just ‘Happened’ to Develop a Nice Downtown—or Did It?

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Asheville NC, Downtowns

Asheville Just ‘Happened’ to Develop a Nice Downtown—or Did It?lead_960-3
by James Fallows
In the immortal words from Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Herewith the legend and reality of Asheville.  (Read it here.)

April 22, 2015

Equal Time for Tampa, and More on Asheville Too

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Asheville NC, Downtowns, Tampa FL

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by James Fallows
Catching up with changes in major cities, and in the Atlantic’s own web site  (Read it here.)

April 21, 2015

More on Nice Downtowns: Do They Just Happen? Or Are They Made?

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Anaheim CA, Asheville NC, Fullerton CA, Shanghai, Tampa FL

More on Nice Downtowns: Do They Just Happen? Or Are They Made?lead_960-4
by James Fallows
Tampa has kept trying to revive its downtown, and has kept failing. Asheville has been wildly successful—but was it even trying at all? (Read it here.)

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