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	<title>Mapping Main Street &#187; New Providence (PA)</title>
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		<title>Main Street-New Providence, PA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Heppermann</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Providence (PA)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We roll up and down the hills through Amish country, Lancaster County.  It’s a very slow day on Main Street but we’re moving fast, trying to hit as many Main Streets as possible. This is a funny way to travel.  Quick stop, get out of the car, take pictures.  Lots of “Where are we?”  I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We roll up and down the hills through Amish country, Lancaster County.  It’s a very slow day on Main Street but we’re moving fast, trying to hit as many Main Streets as possible. This is a funny way to travel.  Quick stop, get out of the car, take pictures.  Lots of “Where are we?”  I want to know what the trees are.  We almost miss<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=New+Providence,+PA&amp;sll=39.926161,-76.195765&amp;sspn=0.008409,0.013733&amp;gl=us&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=39.926161,-76.195765&amp;spn=0.008409,0.013733&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank"> Main Street—New Providence</a></p>
<p>We take a left, and here we are on a residential Main Street.  No commerce.  No businesses trying to revitalize.  People just living &#8211; living inside their houses.  No one is out on their porches.  Where are the  people?  In Church?  Just us.</p>
<p>We’re at the corner of Main Street and Pennsy Road.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img title="New Providence Main Street" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2476/3574433505_51654142bf.jpg" alt="Main Street New Providence, PA." width="500" height="332" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Main Street New Providence, PA.</p></div>
<p>Wait, turn around.  Did you see that porch?   There was a hand-written sign on it.  “Office of Aging ARE Legalized Terrorists.”</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img title="New Providence Porch" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3575238288_1ccef86f1d.jpg" alt="A sign on a porch on Main Street in New Providence, PA." width="500" height="332" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A sign on a porch on Main Street in New Providence, PA.</p></div>
<p>The house seems abandoned. But there’s a name on the mailbox.  It’s Janet B. and George F. in New Providence, Pennsylvania.   I guess they don’t like old people.</p>
<p>We probably look odd, running around taking pictures of signs, cemeteries and a guy mowing a lawn without wearing a shirt.</p>
<p>It’s Memorial Day Weekend so red, white and blue bunting and flags everywhere.  This is a residential Main Street.  There is a farm across the street from a post office &#8211; United States Post office New Providence Pennsylvanian 17560. There are a few Amish buggies in people’s yards. We take a picture of the field.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img title="A field in New Providence, PA" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3574435699_a562386307.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="332" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A field in New Providence, PA</p></div>
<p>Time to leave this Main Street.   Time to say Good bye to Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Bye Pennsylvania, bye Pennsylvania, bye Pennsylvania<br />
Hi Maryland, hi Maryland, hi Maryland!</p>
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