Nice pull but don't expect anything fancy into virtual Princeton.
BTW, I just rode to Concord, MA, had a sandwich and back at 15.7 mph. Pretty leisurely given 1/4 of the ride was beautiful, quiet meandering along a flood plain.
Barrios have good and bad for sure. Poor behavior and lack of safety in barrios is poor behavior regardless of ethnic group, I agree.
My local area, I like the new Brazilian food in Framingham but miss the Italians that moved out. The Italians replaced the Irish and so forth. The bottom rung on the ladder either work hard to assimilate (Italian and Irish?) or retain their culture (China town in Boston). Seems like the Brazilian want to retain their language and culture but I have to say I see a lot of hustle.
This is so much a better conversation while riding than typing. I hope we meet up on the climb to Wachussett.
BTW, I googled Framingham. My perception is way, way off. I would have guessed it was 20% Brazilian probably because of the change from “in my day”….
. Irish - 17%
· Italian - 12%
· English - 8%
· German - 5%
· Black or African American - 5%
· Brazilian - 5%
· Puerto Rican - 4%
· Russian - 4%
· French (except Basque) - 3%
· Polish - 3%
· Other Hispanic or Latino - 3%
· French Canadian - 3%
· Asian Indian - 2%
· Portuguese - 2%
· Chinese, except Taiwanese - 2%
· Central American: - 2%
· Scottish - 2%
· Scotch-Irish - 1%
· Swedish - 1%
· Subsaharan African - 1%
· Greek - 1%
· South American - 1%
· Salvadoran - 1%
· Canadian - 1%
· West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) - 1%
· European - 1%
· Guatemalan - 1%
· Lithuanian - 1%
· Arab - 1%
· Eastern European - 1%
· Dominican Republic - 1%
· British - 1%
· Mexican - 1%
Conversations while riding New England roads is pretty cool. Thanks for the ride.