I've been way undertaking a study of man. Of his creations, the cities and their history. There is something that you can take away from a place. Seeing to the extent possible those places and things that others before you have seen and walked. Who can understand the birth of Wall Street, or the spirit of the same place in the 1950's without seeing it?
Who would say "no" to visiting the Bahamas in the 1960's? How about the same place in the 1920's? I think Jesse Livermore had the proper idea in his "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator". Taking a month to fish in the Bahamas -- being totally removed from any knowledge of something as simple as the price of wheat or the latest quote on GOOG. Those sorts of disconnected experiences are hard to come by now.
Time and place are a unique combination in life. They can't be recreated. We all have unique opportunities to experience during our allotted time here on earth. While hindsight is 20/20, we can still seek out those times and places that others may one day speak of and think about. It is a worthwhile endeavor to see not only the birth, but also the life and death of a thing.
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