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Article #26Re: Exceptional Places! (WAS: Re: New bbs in Leadville, Colorado)
From: jep
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article <4id2k5$7uh@bob.sbt.net>, xanadu@sbt.net (Craig Chilton) wrote: > IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL GROUPS RECEIVING THIS! > PLEASE SEE THE LAST PARAGRAPH. > I WILL NOT "SPAM" IN FUTURE TO GROUPS NOT > INTERESTED IN THIS THREAD, WHICH IS OFF-TOPIC > TO MANY OF YOU... > > corre@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan D Corre) wrote: > > >In article <4iasnr$iko@bob.sbt.net> xanadu@sbt.net (Craig Chilton) writes: > >>linda@netbistro.com (linda) wrote: > > >>>I'm sure they're lovely places, but I don't think I've seen a prettier > >>>city than Vancouver, B.C. > > >[snip] > > >>But that's just the opinion of one person. Anyone else have a > >>nomination for "Most Beautiful North American City?" > > > >I must say I was impressed with Mexico City. The boulevards are like Paris. > >It is not its fault that it is so overcrowded. Can you imagine what the > >traffic jams would be like if they had not put in a subway a few years ago? > >And the Anthropological Museum is just wonderful. And what are we doing > >holding a normal conversation? It seems strange. > > >-- > > Alan D. Corre > > Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Studies > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > Alanis not Morrissette > > Good one, Alan. By "North America," I had meant Canada and the U.S. > (because although I've seen much of Mexico, I haven't been to quite > all of ITS towns & cities of 25,000 or more. Yet. :) ) > > Mexico City is a most exceptional place. I went to college there, > when the Univ. of the Americas was still on the Toluca road. (It's > since moved to Puebla.) I called Mexico City by a nickname with which > I dubbed it, when talking to friends: "Cosmopolis," because it's so > cosmopolitan, as you observed. And with a population of around 20 > million, it may well be the world's most populous city. My favorite > pastime while attending college there was to go out to nearby > Amecameca on weekends and climb 18,000-ft./5,500-m Mount > Popocatepetl, Its a symmetrical volcano, easy to climb except for the > very thin air above 14,000 feet. > > Today, Mexico City is tarnished by horrendous smog problems throughout > the Anahuac Valley, and terrible poverty and pollution on its fringes. > Yet it is still a very noteworthy city! > > !!!!!!! BTW, I was flamed badly by a person who complained to my > Postmaster due to the automatic "spamming" nature of the Agent > program. This occurs unless one deletes the other NGs that are > displayed, before posting. In deference to all who have no interest > in this thread -- because it IS quite off-topic for many of those, I > request that you please e-mail me and tell me which group you no > longer want this thread on. Then I will ENSURE that my program no > longer spams to this thread on that/those group/groups. All such > requests made in a friendly manner will be honored. So will the > flames (although I won't be nearly as happy with you if you do that > :) .) I'm a participant in: ab.general ...and the first time I > responded to this thread, I hadn't realized that the post was going > out to others. > > For those who enjoy this thread, I think we can have a lot of fun! > > > -- Craig Chilton xanadu@sbt.net Have you ever been to Humboldt County, California? It is very beautiful! There are redwood trees everywhere, some of which are over 1000 years old and have base diameters of 20ft. across! They are outstanding! Every area in the county has a view of redwood covered mountains. And if you ever get tired of mountains, we also have a beautiful coastline! It's really a beautiful place to live! I realize that you were looking for the most beautiful city, but I thought that you might like to hear about Humboldt. Has anyone ever heard of it?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb626,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gidfb626,public X-Google-Thread: fede2,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gidfede2,public X-Google-Thread: 109b81,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gid109b81,public X-Google-Thread: 112f74,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gid112f74,public X-Google-Thread: 13c9ce,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gid13c9ce,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb9,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb9,public X-Google-Thread: 102172,8e8628ea28751bfc X-Google-Attributes: gid102172,public From: jep@northcoast.com Subject: Re: Exceptional Places! (WAS: Re: New bbs in Leadville, Colorado) Date: 1996/03/21 Message-ID: <jep-2103960105550001@199.4.102.67> X-Deja-AN: 143418177 references: <4id2k5$7uh@bob.sbt.net> organization: Northcoast Internet newsgroups: a.bral,ab.general,ab.jobs,ab.politics,abg.test,acadia.chat,acs.test,actlinnd,ak.test,alc.archive,alc.market,alc.suicide,alt.0d,alt.1d,alt.2600,alt.2600hz,alt.3d,alt.3d.misc