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The Kansas City sub-Reddit has been getting lovely messages from people who were visiting. I have long said the national service I would make is rural people live and serve urban areas and vice versa. We’d be a better people if we just got to know each other and see the diversity as a plus.

"don't be shy with that" 😀

Your positivity and influence are keeping them at bay.

It's like having Shrek tell me all about brisket. I love this so much.

I think what people have been reacting against is the smugness of some Americans who've been acting like every European arriving has never seen the modern world. The US is brilliant, but not because it's better than the rest of the world.

Modified for clarity: Putting in an upvote for - if one is able - bike touring to see the country.

Flying across this country always bends my brain too. There is so much of so many different beauties. But driving it really really makes you feel the size. - Spend an hour or two off of insterstates for every day spent on them. - Make some time to go where people LIVE, not just tourist spots.

Black* I’m sorry

Halfway through reading Chernow's biography on Twain I wonder if Twain hadn't travelled as much as he did would Chernow's book still be 1,000 pages long.