MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:I think one of the factors that makes many of those photos so remarkable and interesting is the lack of parked cars (of course) and the paucity of pedestrians. Somehow, the largely empty streets impart a bucolic atmosphere to those places, different from what we might typically experience in contemporary life. Those communities that we are given glimpses of seem quieter than what we might experience, especially considering a nearly constant stream of passing traffic, in many places, nowadays.
Murph
Population density was less then than now even in rural areas. Then again, I could sit on my front porch here and not see my neighbors for days....but at my place in PA I could sit on the porch and not be able to see my neighbors house.
I could visit that but I could not live like that. I apparently need the buzz of a community around me. I guess that is why I enjoy my visits to Upstate NY, but am glad to return home when I have had enough of trees, fields, and quiet.
Town Mouse.
