Travels thru cities or around them?
Hi all, Is there an easy way to find out if it is a good idea to travel through a city with a travel trailer or if going around the city is preferable? I grew up in Boston MA and although it is a g...
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C-Bears said " In St. Louis there is not much choice, and whatever you do don't go through East St. Louis! I suppose if each of you were armed with a machine gun and you were looking for excitement you could, but otherwise won't even stop close to East St. Louis."
I took martial arts lessons from an instructor who was raised in and learned his art in East St. Louis. When they achieved Dan rank, part of the test was to run around (IIRC)a 5-mile loop covering a certain area of town....in their (in this case) karate uniform.....it was not only a bit of a physical conditioning thing (running the 5 miles) but a bit of a mental and training challenge to expose oneself to ESL areas wearing "pajamas".
School apparently had to stop the practice a year or two after my instructor left due to liability reasons.
I took martial arts lessons from an instructor who was raised in and learned his art in East St. Louis. When they achieved Dan rank, part of the test was to run around (IIRC)a 5-mile loop covering a certain area of town....in their (in this case) karate uniform.....it was not only a bit of a physical conditioning thing (running the 5 miles) but a bit of a mental and training challenge to expose oneself to ESL areas wearing "pajamas".
School apparently had to stop the practice a year or two after my instructor left due to liability reasons.
