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Monday, September 27, 2004Stricken with arthritis, Connie Haller gave up strolling the streets of this mountain town. But when the 78-year-old woman learned that the government would buy her a motorized scooter, she gladly accepted. And so did her elderly friends. And their friends. And their friends. Now, this town of 4,000 in Kentucky's coalfields is seemingly overrun with scooter riders. Scores of scooters and motorized wheelchairs plod along busy streets to the Wal-Mart, restaurants and beauty salons. Motorists complain that they snarl traffic, and the gray-haired riders fret about the dangers of sharing the asphalt with cars and trucks. Is this a wave of the future for towns everywhere as the baby boomers age? posted by Sydney on 9/27/2004 07:51:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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