Back in 2004, after a touring gig, I thought it would be fun to ride Amtrak from Chicago. I had relatives in Albany, NY, so the plan was to ride from Chicago (where my tour was ending) to Albany, and rent a car for the week to visit relatives and NYC.

So train was fine. Cheap seats, and scheduled for about 17 hours…

It has gentrified, but it hasn’t reached “newsworthy” status yet. The downtown area has already gotten to the point where Dan Gilbert provides his many employees with a parking lot/shuttle outside of the immediate area. I have a former school-mate that bought a 8 room mansion for under 100k, that he’ll spend the next…