Archive for October 2008

On the corner of Easy Street and Poverty Lane

In Economics, Literature, Mapping, Transportation on 17 October 2008 with no comments

My friend Kirbie recently discovered that the corner of Easy Street and Poverty Lane is in Salem, South Carolina. Really.
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While I wanted to credit the optimism of whoever named the roads (Poverty Lane is a deadend, Easy Street links two major roads), I just realized that Easy Street is the only way to [...]

Iceland on the brink of collapse

In Uncategorized on 6 October 2008 with no comments

Iceland is in trouble.
This North Atlantic volcanic island, which is the size of Cuba, with a population of 320,000 - the size of Coventry’s - is an unlikely player on the global financial stage. It is famous for its fish, geysers and for winning the UN’s 2007 ‘best country to live in’ poll. But Iceland [...]