What do you mean by, "we don't have Wawa here?"
No, Kipp is learning the lesson of geography. This is the basis of the lesson: if the state does not touch salt water, do not go there. The mid west is a miserable place to be if you are used to the restless excitement of Philadelphia, New York, and the Federal Capital. I have lived in many places in America and going back to Wisconsin would take an act of God in direct proportion to Jonah � being spit up by a giant fish onto the beach. I delayed professionally placement for two years until something opened up in New England.
Someone once said to me, �I don�t see how you can live in a place with a Starbucks on every corner, a Target every five miles, and Walgreens across the street from CVS.� I do not see how people live without that. They said, �I could not raise a child in a city.� How do you raise a child OUTSIDE of a population center? What do you do when the child is sick in the middle of the night? Call the veterinarian.
I went to college in a town with no Starbucks, where the nicest restaurant was McDonald�s, Wal Mart closed at nine o�clock, there was no Target or Barnes & Noble. On Long Island and in Connecticut we call living like that, �camping.� Sure, sure�Mark Twain did immortalize that way of life but he also choose to live in Connecticut as soon as he got the chance.
I may live in a ghetto, but I would rather live in the worst neighborhood in my city (and I do) than live in the finest home in Omaha, Helena, or Butte (Idaho? No, Udaho).
I hope Kipp survives her trek west, because what does not kill you delays the inevitable. Depending on how the next couple of days go I am not sure if she will fly back or run back screaming. Running takes effort; she�ll take the plane.
