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To: Albion Wilde
"Arabbing" (pronounced "A - rabbing") is how Baltimore manages food deserts

Interesting. In the old Frankford/Tacony neighborhood we had "Hucksters". Guys with pickups who would get fresh produce from growers in NJ (at least back in the early to mid 60's) and drive up and down the driveways of these multiple neighborhoods yelling their produce for sale. Driveways might be misleading for some...these were like streets between the row homes of Philly neighborhoods. Every "driveway" between these two streets would separate 60+ homes.

At one time the hucksters all had booming voices and just belted out what they had for sale that day. One guy in particular had such a booming voice and pattern that it was a pleasure hearing him. It was very jarring when they started using amplified systems or music jingles. Interesting times.

39 posted on 06/14/2016 9:20:47 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Prov1322; radiohead
I remember as late as the early 80s, NJ pig farmers collected food scraps in the neighborhoods in South Philly if you set them out separately on trash day.

Also -- never heard the term "driveway", but I did hear "alley street" -- those were one-car width between the backs of rowhouses, often concrete and with a slight v-shape so that water could run down in the center groove. Pronounced more correctly, "allie shtreet".

But maybe because of the origins of the town as a major port city and the 400-year-old ethnic enclaves, you could hear different dialects and terminology every seven or eight blocks. I loved Philly in the old days, before the yuppies took over.

45 posted on 06/14/2016 10:51:40 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We can't fix a rigged system by relying on the people who rigged it." --Donald Trump, 6/7/16)
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