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Originally Posted by RonBee Re: - They roll up the sidewalks after the sun goes down.
I believe I have heard that one. It is, I think, in the nature of a joke. As MNY noted, it refers to areas that are "dead" after sunset. They don't need the sidewalks, so they roll them up. Of course, nobody literally does that.
:) | Yes, indeed. The first time I stayed in downtown Dallas, I was amazed by what happened at 5 P.M. Everybody fled to the suburbs. I used the expression then to describe the results. +|  | So it was kind of lonesome in downtown Dallas after 5PM? | I would not call it "Party Central". :wink: |