What a great idea the former cruisers had recently when they staged a cruise-in along Pearl Nix Parkway, or West Bypass, as it was known at one time. That’s the four-lane stretch beside Gainesville’s Lakeshore Mall that teenagers and young adults used to cruise to show off their cars, flirt with each other and just hang out instead of taking in a movie or staying home watching television. The route varied as the streets changed, businesses and non-cruisers complained or law enforcement intervened.