New Year, new music? Ambitions?
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@Bernard said in New Year, new music? Ambitions?:
I would like something a little more local than the music school
Good luck!
How much of a drive is the music school?
@ShiroKuro 35 miles one way, which isn't too bad. Unfortunately the route passes through two townships which have 30 mph speed limits. So it takes about 50 minutes one way.
I'm not complaining too much. After all, when I lived in NYC and wanted to do anything in Manhattan I'd have to plan an hour to get there (it wouldn't always take that long, but with bus delays and train delays, there was always an element of unpredictability.
What I do complain about is the fact that years ago all the train tracks linking the Baker River Valley to the Upper Valley were removed. I dream about how wonderful it would be to hop on a train in Rumney (just down to the valley from here) and get off in Lebanon where the school is. I'd be taking the trains everywhere if they existed. But as we know, the US is not rail oriented. In fact NHites seems to despise the idea. Craziness.
The industrial revolution cheapened everything.
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@ShiroKuro 35 miles one way, which isn't too bad. Unfortunately the route passes through two townships which have 30 mph speed limits. So it takes about 50 minutes one way.
I'm not complaining too much. After all, when I lived in NYC and wanted to do anything in Manhattan I'd have to plan an hour to get there (it wouldn't always take that long, but with bus delays and train delays, there was always an element of unpredictability.
What I do complain about is the fact that years ago all the train tracks linking the Baker River Valley to the Upper Valley were removed. I dream about how wonderful it would be to hop on a train in Rumney (just down to the valley from here) and get off in Lebanon where the school is. I'd be taking the trains everywhere if they existed. But as we know, the US is not rail oriented. In fact NHites seems to despise the idea. Craziness.
@Bernard 50 minutes one way is a lot! Especially if something starts in the evening.
Also, I agree re trains. I wish the US had more (and better, more reliable) trains.
Ironically, back when we lived in Japan, the place where we lived was more rural and you needed a car. But when I was in Japan last summer for my research trip, I stayed in a bigger city and getting around was all streetcars and trains. I loved it! Especially the streetcars.
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@Bernard said in New Year, new music? Ambitions?:
@jon-nyc Beautiful pieces. I especially like the g minor.
Thanks. Were you at my piano party a few years back when Bootsy’s son played it?
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@Bernard 50 minutes one way is a lot! Especially if something starts in the evening.
Also, I agree re trains. I wish the US had more (and better, more reliable) trains.
Ironically, back when we lived in Japan, the place where we lived was more rural and you needed a car. But when I was in Japan last summer for my research trip, I stayed in a bigger city and getting around was all streetcars and trains. I loved it! Especially the streetcars.
@ShiroKuro said in New Year, new music? Ambitions?:
50 minutes one way is a lot! Especially if something starts in the evening.
If would be many times more tolerable if I didn't have to drive! Driving puts the kibosh on reading, or knitting or whatever else.
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