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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an antidote to DCUM derision, I am reflecting on my Thanksgiving [b]trip to the Midwest [/b]with gratitude and awe.

My parents' house is beautiful, their neighbors are kind and generous, and my hometown is delightful.

To get there, it's a 10-hour drive. We drove straight there on the way, but on the way home, we broke the trip up with an overnight stay at a Hampton Inn (with a pool!) and ate dinner at the Olive Garden.

You know what? The Olive Garden treated us freaking RIGHT. Breadsticks and salad on point, and plentiful. All the entrees and kids meals were good. Glass of wine? Yes, please. It was pleasant and clean, the server was nice, the price was a downright bargain. Everyone had a good time. What a nice break after a long day of driving.

Hampton Inn, similarly great. Clean and nice rooms, nice breakfast area with edible-but-hey-free food, pleasant staff.

Here is your chance to say nice things about everything DCUM sneers at. Cracker Barrel, Embassy Suites, lazy rivers, buffets, Ann Taylor, Five Below, Aldi, Great Wolf Lodge, lay it on me. Tell me all about it. I want to hear all the NICE things you have to say about the not-finer things in life. [/quote]

You do realize, this is the area where MAGAs live, right OP?  [/quote]

MAGAs live everywhere. Even in NYC.

- a New Yorker [/quote]

Yes, certainly.

However, one need not intentionally patronize the locations and sorts of business frequented by MAGAs.

And it’s vulgar to actually celebrate these common and low-brow businesses.[/quote]

+1[/quote]
Oh contraire!  There was a recent study (I’ll try to find it and post it) that the “‘’s” restaurants. (Chili’s, Friday’s, soon to be chi chi’s) are among the most socioeconomically diverse places in the country.  They are where you are most likely to be sitting next to someone from a different ses class from you.  It’s not just MAGAs enjoying a good mid-priced fajita now and then.[/quote]

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