http://www.coreyburger.ca/2009/12/from-the-cbcs-archives-white-picket-dreams/ Musings on Oak Bay and Greater Victoria Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.coreyburger.ca/2009/12/from-the-cbcs-archives-white-picket-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7401 corey.burger Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:58:39 +0000 http://www.coreyburger.ca/?p=1579#comment-7401 It would have been beautiful to see. I did a trip to Oklahoma a few years back and went along Route 66 just west of Tulsa, which still was a winding road, running between towns and alongside farms. Too bad the main route between that and Oklahoma City is a huge Interstate 44, which looks like any highway, anywhere in the world. It would have been beautiful to see. I did a trip to Oklahoma a few years back and went along Route 66 just west of Tulsa, which still was a winding road, running between towns and alongside farms. Too bad the main route between that and Oklahoma City is a huge Interstate 44, which looks like any highway, anywhere in the world.

]]> http://www.coreyburger.ca/2009/12/from-the-cbcs-archives-white-picket-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7399 Lesley Ewing Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:27:41 +0000 http://www.coreyburger.ca/?p=1579#comment-7399 This sums up the suburban Toronto where my family arrived from England in the 1950s. Highway 401 was a bucolic drive through rolling farmland bordered with towering elm trees. Our newly built bungalow was just as pictured. Now the GTA is a huge sprawl. Either one must live right downtown, or 100 - 200 km. away where some lively old towns still survive (barely) intact. This sums up the suburban Toronto where my family arrived from England in the 1950s. Highway 401 was a bucolic drive through rolling farmland bordered with towering elm trees. Our newly built bungalow was just as pictured.
Now the GTA is a huge sprawl. Either one must live right downtown, or 100 – 200 km. away where some lively old towns still survive (barely) intact.

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