My first wife's brother lived in Marietta, and we visited several times in the mid 80's. the highway construction was lightning fast. One year you had to cross about 6 lanes of I-85 heading north to get to the West Paces Ferry road exit. The next year there was a tunnel. (I might be off on the exact road #'s and names, it has been 20 years since I've been there.)
I've lived most of my life in TR (save for a few years as a tv news guy in NEPA) and the changes here haunt me. Rt 37 was a two lane road (Locust St) now its 6 lanes divided. the only traffic back then was when Lakehurst and Ciba (or Toms River Chemical Corp as it was known then) let out at 4 p.m. the rest of the time 37 was a vacant stretch of concrete. Drives my wife crazy when I start talking about it. At one time she was reading a novel set in Montana, and that was her response. "Montana."
But at my age, with 4 kids and a good state job, moving isn't really an option at the moment, though I would love to make the escape. So who knows...
I've lived most of my life in TR (save for a few years as a tv news guy in NEPA) and the changes here haunt me. Rt 37 was a two lane road (Locust St) now its 6 lanes divided. the only traffic back then was when Lakehurst and Ciba (or Toms River Chemical Corp as it was known then) let out at 4 p.m. the rest of the time 37 was a vacant stretch of concrete. Drives my wife crazy when I start talking about it. At one time she was reading a novel set in Montana, and that was her response. "Montana."
But at my age, with 4 kids and a good state job, moving isn't really an option at the moment, though I would love to make the escape. So who knows...