[Alberta's Child]

I remember reading somewhere that John Mellencamp's hit song "Pink Houses" from the early 1980s was written after he took a road trip through some part of the Midwest. He felt compelled to write a song about the irony of what he witnessed -- one town after another of ugly, run-down, pastel-colored houses with brand new cars parked in front of them and satellite dishes on the roofs.

[Howlin]

one town after another of ugly, run-down, pastel-colored houses with brand new cars parked in front of them and satellite dishes on the roofs.

That could very well be the drive to any part of the east coast.

Except they all have boats, too.