Being a bumpkin in the big city

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

While the people of my new home in the Greater Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area are very friendly, that statement sometimes has to be qualified with the addendum "for city people." Because, as nice as individuals may be, something happens when you cram enough of them into a small area and make them sit in traffic for hours on end. Some of the nice ends up wearing off, and you have a situation like the one I had at the area's self-proclaimed top-rated Chinese buffet.

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