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Originally Posted by special-K
Yeah, the thing in that area is there's only one road. The Charles Town area has built up so much it isn't funny. And it's all transplants rushing to get back where they can from to make the money they bring back to raise the cost of living for those who lived there since the same people had no interest. I blame overdrive transmissions!!  Seriously. They don't save fuel, they have allowed urban sprawl to spread farther out and people are driving faster to get from point A to point B because they are farther apart. People are commuting 1.5 hours one way and that's ideal conditions, no accidents, or other rubber-neckin' idiot bs.
I can drive to Carlisle and never hit the hiway and doesn't take much longer. I drive through the country to the PA line to hit US15 minimum anyway. All hiway is much less direct. And 15 is a nice drive with sparse traffic.
I'll drive to Hedgesville, Berkley Springs, all the way to Cumberland, up to Pittsburg on old 2-lanes. I drive to my sister's between Front Royal and Luray in my '72 all the time. Every year I drive it to Clearbrook in Sept for the antique truck show. Then we drive to Berryville Saturday night after the show for the Watermelon Festival... Yeehaw!!
That's one good thing about the old back east... old windy roads up and down the grades
Any of this look familiar?  Last two are up at my sister's place. |
Yes sir all of those are looking pretty familiar. My grandparents still live outside Berryville. They are about 3 miles from watermelon park as a matter of fact. I used to go to dinosaur land pretty frequently when I was little, and now my son enjoys it. My wife and I were actually thinking about moving down towards Front Royal a year or so before we started planning to move here. The cost of living has gotten so bad there I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was tired of everything costing so much. I can live a pretty nice life here for pennies on the dollar compared to home. As long as I get back to the blue ridge and the Shenandoah River once a year I’m good.
Funny I actually have one of the same pictures you’ve got here handy on my phone.