tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25095032.post8557589892427212462..comments2023-04-30T04:57:01.885-05:00Comments on Pitchertakin': THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAYpitchertakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714720069598091235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25095032.post-59839018864704200942008-07-05T09:32:00.000-05:002008-07-05T09:32:00.000-05:00I am from Canada, but even here these once proud ...I am from Canada, but even here these once proud vestiges of small town rural life is slowly giving way to what I am not sure.<BR/><BR/>For my own experiences and this is more from the feeling in older American movies as I have never really lived the rural life except for a few years.<BR/><BR/>To me these gas stations and the small town grocery stores where the social connection hubs for the people who lived within their radius of travel.<BR/><BR/>They were where people met, shared stories, traded gossip and in general connected with others in the community without being their best friends.<BR/><BR/>The strip malls which take the life out of the home-spun stores are removing a type of connections with our neighbors that is not being replaced with the institutional feeling in strip malls.<BR/><BR/>I do miss the local flavour even when it isn’t surgically clean. In fact I like even more because of the there is something timeless and magical about a place that has hidden gems that may not have been purchased in years.<BR/><BR/>I do love the way you are documenting this now almost lost way of life. <BR/><BR/>Niels HenriksenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com