You were on the East Coast and you got ripped off for mussels? I think whatever store you were in was taking you for a ride. Either that or it wasn't mussel season.
Really depends on the region. In farm country in the Midwest, farmers markets and roadside stands are an extremely common sight. On the East Coast, the "farmers markets" are 2x-3x the cost for produce that's not even grown locally.
I wish I could like this more than once. It's quite true how small town Midwesterners feel about city folk. But tbh there's a slight reason for it. When people from the coasts see the Midwest and fall in love with it enough to start buying houses, the COL starts going up to the point…
I had the opposite culture shock moving from the Midwest to a large east coast city. I've never seen so many people in one place before, and everyone is living on top of each other.
I also don't get the stereotype of people from big cities = more tolerant. While there's a lot of…
The state and national parks are far better. Not to mention that I can go skiing in one place and then go travel the desert in a other without needing a passport.
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