Trolleyland NC

Okay, I love the look of trolley rail cars and have often wondered what it might have been like back in the day to ride them. I understand San Francisco has them as well as some other cities that were mentioned in todays edition of the WSJournal. Now I know if I was visiting San Francisco, there is no way I could walk up a hill, much less crawl up the hill, and so would be more then happy to take advantage of the rail car and do some SERIOUS shopping and dining out. And then it would be downhill rolling from there! But for us folks in WS---where most of our population demographics lie outside of the city, what is the need? I told my hubby, when I was a young girl, that my mom use to take me to New York City (we lived in New Jersey) twice a year, in the Spring before Easter to see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and the same at Christmas time. There are no trolleys there but we did ride the subway and we did walk. And again, we would take a transit bus from NJ to Philly to do Christmas shopping or to go see a show at some of the old theatres. Basically, once there, in either city, we walked. There was much to see and do. So what is the draw to downtown WS that will bring out of towners in and use the railcars? Help me somebody! And who in WS would really use them? There are so many other major needs in redeveloping downtown. Bringing in the rail cars sounds to me like buying a horse cart before you have the horse. And hey, don't we need the barn for the horse to stay in? And how about some hay, lets throw that in, and oh, don't forget the vet and a really big pooper scooper and maybe Kramer to drive the horse around for you! Now who is dreaming?