Today in Labor History January 20, 1986: Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" topped the music charts on this date. The song, a eulogy for dying industrial cities, includes the lines: "Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores / Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more / They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks / Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown . . ." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg

Zu viele Autos

Leider sieht man bei meinen Beiträgen in der 'My home town' Serie unter #MyHomeTown eines der großen Probleme die wir hier haben sofort, viel zu viele Autos. Und das sind jeweils Aufnahmen zu einer Zeit wo all die Menschen die innerhalb und nach außerhalb der Stadt mit dem Auto fahren größtenteils nicht da sind. Wenn man das Autoproblem in den Griff bekommen würde, würde das die Lebensqualität massiv steigern.

#Gedanken #Zu-viel-Autos #Stadt #Heidelberg #2024-12-03 @heidelberg @heidelberg

Helaas kan ik er niet bij zijn, maar voor iedereen die in de buurt is: Vergeet die hele Zomerfeesten en vier dit jubileum mee:

Op 6 juli in #myhometown:

50 jaar Kladderadatsch

"Vijftig jaar al? Inderdaad: sinds negentienhonderdvierenzeventig, mensen. Daarmee is #Kladderadatsch zonder twijfel het oudste straat- en strijdorkest van Nederland en stond deze club van wereldverbeteraars in de frontlinie van allerlei protesten."

En zo is het maar net.

https://www.kladderadatsch.nl/optredens/kladderadatsch-festival-op-de-kaaij/ #Nijmegen

Vlak na aanvang is het gaan regenen boven het #Goffertpark, maar dat verfrissend buitje (bij 25 graden) zal het tweede #BruceSpringsteen - feestje zeker niet verstoren, aan het gejuich te horen.

#Nijmegen #MyHometown

How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231220-why-oulu-finland-is-the-winter-cycling-capital-of-the-world

TLDR: it's all about investment in infrastructure and maintenance

Here's a quick mnemonic if you're going out to celebrate in Center City tonight:

*If it's paper or wood it'll burn real good
If it's steel or glass set fire to its ass
If it's anything else it will also burn if you douse it with gasoline and apply a blowtorch to it*

Today in Labor History January 20, 1986: Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" topped the music charts on this date. The song, a eulogy for dying industrial cities, includes the lines: "Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores / Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more / They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks / Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown / Your hometown . . ."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gKSp8WoRg

G and I played hooky today to moonlight as tour guides for some friends from out of town. Love showing my city

The sun went down on Agios Theologos beach in beautiful Kos #KosGreece #Kefalostown #myhometown #wishitwassummer #photography #beautifulGreece #beaches #sunsets