St Louis has more burned out, broken down, blighted areas of urban decay than I've seen in any other American city. Half a mile west of where the Cards play is horrible.
Missouri is full of bad choices. From smoking, to food, to drinking to no exercise.
Reading doesn't seem to be that highly valued of a skill.
The weather.
The slow driving and lack of real signage. Someone hit my rental car and didn't leave a note either.
Everything closed at 8pm.
The constant teasing about being from California. I grew up in Oregon and Washington, please. I'm much more "mountain man" than I am "beach boy."
I got second place from something beyond my control. I was winning and then a stage was thrown out. The new aggregate scoring placed me in second. Not happy that someone else could effect my score.
Two words. American Airlines. Morons.
Focusing on the Positive....
People in service industries were very nice. Once I let my guard down it was pleasant.
I was 8th overall out of 162 competitors. My trophy was nice.
Plenty of choices for bbq.
Little traffic. Rush hour was laughable in comparison to California.
I got to meet a lot of people, many of them new. New friends are always nice.
All of my stuff worked flawlessly in competition.
Have you competed in the deep south yet? Is it worse in St Louis or the south?
ReplyDeleteI think every place has its good and bad.