I spent 50 days on the road this fall in the rural Midwest. What did I see and learn? Read on to find out...

Go Birds

You gotta love Milano’s. Everyone’s on a “hi honey” basis with the cashiers. Killer eggplant parm. Gotta try the chicken nap next time. #eastie

All I’m gonna say is that SNS will always be my AOTY, and nothing for anything on Hit Me Hard and Soft is absolutely criminal

And a victory for New England!

Northern New England (90.3% non-Hispanic white) as a region is whiter than any U.S. state outside of it. Meanwhile, Southern New England (66.3%) is less white than Arkansas (68.5%).

@Uncrewed

It’s really interesting that “blue-collar low-college whites” can be further split into low-propensity and high-propensity voters. Would love a deeper dive into what factors predict showing up.

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@PatsBuzz The tush push struggles also make you appreciate just how reliable Tom was on the sneak

*sighs* e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles

@ArmandDoma Felt such a rich irony in this bookstore yesterday - it’s in a lily-white Western MA town where every bulletin board loudly advertises refugee services, but the militant leftism is so intact precisely because there aren’t enough socially conservative immigrants to dilute it!

you just had to be there

This bookstore is hosting a “QTBIPOC open mic” tonight where only people of color allowed to take the mic. Here are some of the selections inside Peering into an abrasive alien culture in your own backyard is just a deeply unsettling experience

First time in Northampton. Walk into a bookstore off the street. The employee, *instantly*: “would you mind putting on a mask? They’re right in the basket there.” HOW ARE PLACES LIKE THIS REAL??? Twitter is real, if you live in the Northern Pioneer Valley…

@jvuppaluri To my knowledge, I hadn’t met a single person who attended a religious summer camp until I traveled to the South!

It’s often hard to convey to people just how small a role religion plays in public life here compared to most of the U.S. - I just found this to be a handy little example.

Ryan Day (an N.H. native) shouts out his players, family, and overcoming adversity Will Howard (of Pennsylvania) immediately thanks his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ New England, always New Englanding

@MassJumbo In other words, the most anomalous places relative to their demographic counterparts elsewhere in the U.S. (e.g., Dracut) are still just as anomalous

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