HAhAHAHAHA. Douglas, guess where a new mural is? Piney Branch and New Hampshire, prime mural territory. This is a facet of my Pontiac/Mural Theory of Where Not to Live. Again, it is fairly simple, you do not want to be in an area that has:
A) a high percentage of Pontiac brand cars.
B) Murals
I have yet to see a mural out here but there are far too many Pontiacs to pass the test.
Now, for murals, I believe the penultimate mural is the one that used to be near the Silver Spring Metro, which was taken down in a brazen attempt by Silver Spring to throw off its urban gritty side in a flurry of gentrification. It was superseded by the Discovery mural a block or two up the street, reclaiming Silver Spring a struggling area now with Red Lobster.
Where is you favorite mural? This should be a book, all about murals and the neighborhoods they inhabit. What a fascinating sociological study. Seriously.
Don't take my idea.
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you have a point to a point...but there are the exceptions to the mural rule...cities like san francisco that are full of murals b/c murals really are cool. but I know what you mean...and your red lobster reference was AWESOME
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