I can't believe I'm going to say this, but we are nearing our one week mark! Weren't we just in Washington?? Sometimes it feels as though if we just took the next exit on the turnpike, we'd bump into Spokane :) It reminds me strikingly of home in a lot of ways, and yet there are some very significant differences. For instance:
1. The trees are all naked. Today we spotted our very first evergreen, and it was a lonesome soul.
2. People drive with much more urgency. Hard to believe it could be worse than some WA drivers, but here they speed up just to stop on a dime 8 cars before the red stoplight ahead. Awesome.
3. There are NO drive-thru coffee shops. I'm not exaggerating. No cute little huts with drive-up windows on either side, no smiling barista who asks if you want a double shot. So far we have seen literally two Starbucks, neither of which is a drive-thru. You know what we HAVE seen plenty of? Dunkin Donuts. Don't get us started...
4. I'm sorry Spokane, but New Haven has seriously got you beat in the diversity category. There is color everywhere, and languages I've never heard! Its the fourth densest city in the country, makes sense.
One of the surprising things we've come across is how nice most people seem to be! That sounds judgmental, but we were planning for east coast people not to be particularly kind. Boy were we wrong. Granted, it's not everyone, but for the most part people have been helpful and pleasant, and genuinely interested to know where we're from (We have an accent! Yessss).
It's getting to be bedtime here, so I'm going to cut this short, but more on our new place and our jobs soon!
I am loving your blog & updates :) Hope you'll still wanna come back to Spokane whenever your new adventures are done. I only say that cause a friend moved from here to Vancouver WA, and she wants nothing to do with Spokane except Shotzky's!
ReplyDeleteBut it's great to hear of the differences & similarities. Looking forward to more :)
HUGS :)