Beavis & Butthead

I crossed the George Washington Bridge today. Wow. I have done that before in a car, but this time I could see it all. People have been talking about the Williamsburg bridge, even I did that here. Well let me tell you: that is absolutely dwarfed by crossing the G.W. Bridge. It is a huge bridge and a very nice crossing although there is quite a traffic situation. And on the far side in New Jersey the Palisades also put your littleness in proportion to nature. I had a real nature weekend, at least with NY measurements.
I rode through Fort Lee in NJ and was transported back to the time of M-TVs greatness when I went through what must have been the original Beavis & Butthead land. Green lawns, wide streets lined with American styled houses, a bit to big for the small lawns they where resting upon. Stopped over at a Seven 11 and saw a policeman buy what I can only presume must have been doughnuts... ok that assumption might have been a little to perfect. But still: I stick to my story.

Everywhere are traces of the economic situation: closed business spaces and closed out parking lots. But the people living in Fort Lee are probably quite well off judging from the sizes of their houses. But another thing that is evident is what have lead up to this: I was following a street lined with oversized motor-stores of all the international brands. And next to them banks. How often do you see bank offices in the same area as the car-salesmen have their shops? Here they go hand in hand: get a loan then just walk across the street and then you don't have to walk again... Just pay through your nose because you bought a to big vehicle that guzzles gasoline and cost 20 times more than you had.