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connie.2.rahim@spamgourmet.com (connie rahim) wrote in message news:<53adafbc.0308140645.454e8e21@posting.google.com>...
> took care to look for shitcan valley brokeness today.
> as 1 small sign, transit is quite costly now and the
> midday discount on caltrain has been killed.
> 
> there are empty storefronts  FOR LEASE everywhere,
> though by no means are they the majority. occupying
> rather lucrative spots though. apt bldg banners scream
> FOR RENT and one even offered free light rail as some
> kind of promo. ha! i love to see landlord desperation.
> and in mtn view as i zoomed on foot toward my
> rendezvous with tendon soup, i found 2 low-rise office
> bldgs. a matched pair.  one was completely empty and
> locked. the other had darkened, unused offices amidst
> the used ones. an air of idleness and lack of security
> as i used their bathroom and water fountain.
> 
> then i rode the boondoggle light rail, a new offering
> that debuted in time for potential ridership to fall
> thru the floor.  was quite empty, though to be fair,
> midday is never full. a disgusting bunch of
> high-school noisy brats got on during my return trip,
> but they thankfully bailed at the great america stop,
> as i was desperately hoping.  at the end of the line i
> took, the I-880/milpitas stop, i belatedly spotted a
> promisingly empty campus of bldgs.  passed up 1 return
> train (15-min intervals) to RUN literally over. there
> were 2 guys mowing the fine irrigated lawn, but yes
> indeed, it was gratifying to press my nose up to the
> glass and see total, uncarpeted emptiness within and
> to run cheerfully across the completely deserted
> parking lot, except for the landscapers' 1 pickup
> truck, back to catch my train.
> 
> there was still enough business in castro st., mtn
> view, for me to pick up some nice canned
> goods. i will bear that weight to have those goodies
> in DC, much like russians used to shop in the west for
> merchandise unavailable at home.
> 
> tomorrow, as a sop at immalicious sightseeing, i
> shall look at the HP historic garage for the first
> time. 367 addison. pvt. home now, you have to stay on sidewalk.

Yes, but all the homeless campers are happy, happy, happy...