Rock in a Hard Place
Why do New Yorkers and Los Angelenos believe that they are the sole bearers of cultural “correctness”?
Middle Americans do exist, and they don’t care about the smug, hipper-than-thou L.A. writers who skewer them with patronizing glee for digging Garth Brooks.
I’m from the Midwest, and beware! If you saw me in a restaurant you might not even know it--I look so normal!
MELODY PLATT
Venice
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