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Why no one hitch hikes anymore
Date: 04-25-2010
By: duane
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I know that it is a different world and even the biggest guy might feel unsafe hitchhiking today, but there is a radio talk show guy here in Minnesota (his name is Joe Soucheray and his show is called Garage Logic - All Life's problem's can be worked out in the garage!) who, I believe, has the correct answer.
It doesn't really have to do with safety - rather it has to do with "rampant prosperity." Back in the 1960's and early 1970's lots of people didn't have cars, many teenager's didn't have cars and didn't have access to their parents single car. Today, there are so few hitchhikers because almost EVERYONE has a car.
I remember while attending Purdue Univ. in Laugh-a-Lot, Indiana. I made up a sign that said "Chicago" in the same logo-style as the Chicago Transit Authority band that was popular at the time. I got home almost as fast as if I were driving myself. My folks, of course, wouldn't let me hitchhike back, so I got bus money and took the greyhound - now there was a trip I'd like to forget. |
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