Fly over the states or use an interstate and you are likely to never know who the people who live along U.S. 11 are and what they care about. That's okay. People really don't like feeling like a specimen, but if you are going to write about them, you should probably have a conversation or two."
As wretchedly insipid as any WaPo 'diner story', Zito thinks she's being clever punching down as the #MSM does to to the hicks in the stix but she's really just another journolist, ignoring that these are not places of decay but rather efficient small towns that permit people to live rurally.
I’ve heard this type of article “Yokels in the Mist”. Don’t scare the native performing his pickup truck dominance display. Try to respond to his call with the universal sign of friendship: “Can I get me a huntin’ license here?” It’s like anything west of the Hudon or Potomac are Terra Incognita to them.