Date:         Fri, 13 Mar 1998 08:37:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>
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From:         Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>
Organization: Teton Data Systems
Subject:      Re: are we spoiled or what
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William Dummitt wrote:
> It's a fact that the West Coast is bus heaven.  It's a noteworth sight when
> I see another westy (or should I say mid-westy?) here in St. Louis.  I
> think one reason is that the Midwest has extreme temperatures both summer
> and winter, so VW never got a foothold in the market when their buses had
> neither heat nor AC.  In later years, when buses had more creature


Jackson, WY has some pretty serious temperature extremes (on the winter
end),
yet there are quite a number of buses around, air-cooled and
water-cooled.
This might have a lot to do with the transient population of the area,
but
I've seen 30-40 permanent buses that I recognize around town.  I think
that's
quite a number for a cowboy town with a population of under 5,000.  (Of
course,
when it's 20 below zero, I take my girlfriends 4-runner :)

- Stephen
'87 Westy
Jackson, WY