Even among people who do live in a town, this feel for territory is fading fast. Here in Spokane the TV stations constantly get locations randomly and weirdly wrong. When a car hits a house in a location that is unquestionably West Central, one station will describe it as North Spokane, another will say East Spokane, and another will call it Downtown.

Well, I don’t want to presume what level of sarcasm was in this comment, but while on one hand we certainly have to be willing to accept the responsibility for our own mis-doings, as Darryl seems to have done here, I do think there is something to be said for the the effect a globalized marketplace has on the formation of attitudes when dealing with other humans within that market. There is most definitely encouraged a sort of pretentious “I must be right” way of going about things that leaves little room for patience and willingness to assume that we in fact may be the ones erring. When our culture enforces a default state of competition, It seems difficult most times to stumble upon the recognition of our own mistakes.

I’ve never once had to do so.

Strange. Even the globalizers can’t globalize properly. Apparently, there was less human capital in your part of the country.

Oh, free tip: When your Comcast internet inevitably stops working for no reason, you’ll have to turn off the cable modem, wait 30 seconds, and then turn it on. Expect to do this a few times a week.

They are actually one of the best. I know because I’ve lived all over the country and had them all.

Another victory for international finance capitalism!