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Old-time cruisin' revs up a revival

Gas prices may have hit all-time highs, but cruising — that great American pastime of driving just to drive, hanging out in parking lots and watching others drive — is back, according to a report in USAToday.

"We're the next generation of cruisers from our parents, who used to cruise up and down this same road," said Angie Guerra, 23, a receptionist who spent Friday night in a parking lot off Woodward Avenue, a main artery connecting Detroit with its northern suburbs. "We hang out and socialize and watch the nice cars go by. It's fun."

She and her boyfriend, Brian Meissen, 20, brought folding chairs and drinks. They met up with fellow car-lovers who stopped in and out of parking lots like party-hoppers on a social circuit. When cruisers got hungry, they left their cars parked and walked across the street to a nearby KFC.

Posted by   at 9:45 AM to On the road , Popular culture | Permalink

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