#booksnippet - Realizing Living in L.A. Doesn't Mean Squat in Rural America
These folks in rural Maine probably thought I was some quick witted, white lyin city slicker. After all I did tell them that I lived in Los Angeles. There was a time in my life when I thought that telling people that I lived in Los Angeles was going to make me appear “extra special and or important”. I would go home to my small town in Pennsylvania for the holidays and the words “I live in LA” often rolled off my tongue like I was one cool cat. Early on in this journey I would come to the realization that living in Los Angeles would create no added value to my presence in rural America. The minute you tell a dairy farmer that you live in LA… they lose interest in a heart beat. I would soon learn the art of failing to mention that I had lived in Los Angeles as I rode my bike across America.
