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Originally Posted by glatt
I forgot to mention this before, but the DC area has massive organized hitching. In fact, there's probably more hitching here than in most cities in the US. |
Yup, Slug Lines! When I lived in Alexandria 'till last year and drove into the District, I used to pick folks up in slug lines and run them into DC. Perfectly safe. Just working shmoes trying to get to the office and home again. I never heard of anyone having trouble from the slugs.
In 1962 after reading On The Road by Jack Kerouac, I hitched all over the US, and had a great time. Rode with young mothers and their children, plumbers in their work vans, bail bondsmen in Cadillacs, and every other interesting person on the road. Would make the trip from NY to CA in a week or so, turn around and do it again heading east. Back and forth, back and forth. Those were great and safer times.
Don't see any hitchers where I am now.