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...rare and exotic species has found its way to Houston of late. Known in other cities as pedestrians, the carless creatures are suddenly appearing along a vibrant 7 1/2-mile stretch of the city, thanks in large part to Houston's new light-rail system. Any new visitor to the city would do well to see them in action--and join them for a ride on the new rails and a stroll around town...
...course, there are pitfalls to the carless and carefree life. When you get lost on foot, it takes much longer to find your way (particularly in a city where at least half of the roads seem to be named Peachtree). And, in Atlanta, at least, there are places you just can?...
When I flew into North Korea, I felt as if I had landed in another galaxy. It was not just the spotless, carless streets, the loudspeakers broadcasting propaganda at dawn, the faceless groups of people filing silently from Kim Il Sung Stadium to Kim Il Sung University to Kim Il Sung Higher Party School (all with badges of Kim Il Sung on their hearts); it was, even more, the spooky unreality of a country that was building a 105-story tourist hotel while allowing almost no tourists, and showing off an Olympic stadium for the Games that were never held...
...quoting the "younger" (or in his terms, "their") generation, Blumenthal is even more carless. Tracy Chapman epitomizes our greedy decade with the line "If not now...when?" I'm hard-pressed to find a clearer example of quoting out of context. Hasn't Michael Blumenthal heard that Chapman, a folksinger, is "talkin 'bout a revolution...
...there still are amateur athletes, high on purity and protein and low on funds, like the splendidly mixed group just encountered. Carl Lewis, who drives a BMW he earned by running and jumping, is not an amateur by any sane definition, but Ann Turner, carless and couldn't-care-less, really is one. Whimsical market forces have replaced most of the snobbish old social exclusion. Lewis gets the BMW, and Turner walks to practice because track and field is more popular than kayaking...