--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2005, at 1:32 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Although this is condescending and oh-so-superior, there > > is an element of truth in it. For me, brought up on the > > two coasts and internationally, my first forays into the > > American midwest were pretty shocking. I kept running > > into people who had never been more than 200 miles from > > the place where they were born, > > And the exact same thing is true of those on the coasts, at least > the East, as I found out on *my* first foray into western > Massachusetts and Vermont, which lasted 4 years, a lot longer than > your foray, I would guess. There was incredible regionalism and > ignorance about anything outside of New England.
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