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In reply to the discussion: The highway is packed with RV's.. an improving economy for the middle class and blue collars! [View all]underpants
(183,043 posts)18. RV's good example. I've used car traffic on my early morning runs
I was out of work from Sept 2008 to Sept 2009. I still was running to both keep my sanity and stay in shape for interviews. At the time I was running a crazy amount of miles for marathon training.
Typically I'd get up at 4:00 am and get out the door at 5:00am. This is the early shift and people who really work everyday, a real indicator I would think.
In 2008 and 2009 there was NO TRAFFIC. I could go 3-8 miles crossing or running down several major roads in the western 'burbs of Richmond VA and actually not see a single car. Into 2010 it started to pick up. It increased every year. These days I'm only pulling 2's and 3's but the traffic at 5 or 5:30 am is its own mini rush hour. More than it was in 2005 when we moved out here.
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The highway is packed with RV's.. an improving economy for the middle class and blue collars! [View all]
Peacetrain
Aug 2016
OP
Most of the folks I know who get those camper/5th wheels are Boomers with retirement.
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#3
Corporations are set up for profit, and that goal is often short-sighted.
Buckeye_Democrat
Aug 2016
#16
I don't doubt the figures. Curiously, in Texas, a lot of used auto brokers have a fleet...
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#43
Noted. I-35 through Austin has been useless for years, practical only during duck-hunting hours,
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#44
I am too old for 75 mph at night on Texas roads that have not been "stripped" in years
Jim Beard
Aug 2016
#50
k&r for this thread. I live in boat country..lots of folks dragging boats behind big trucks
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2016
#19