[Mamzelle]

I see you're from Merlin--I used to live there, too. I've lived in several states and am now in the mountainous south.

I have NEVER lived in a state as racist as Merlin. It was startling. And it was the first state I ever felt uneasy when a young black guy got in the elevator with me, so much resentment he radiated. It is not a feeling I ever had, ever, in a city in the South.

Hard to believe.

[Salamander]

I’m in western Merlin.

It’s a different world out here.

Where were you?
Near DC/Balto?

It gets iffier the further east I go.

East of Montgomery county, I get a bit twitchy about being too friendly to strangers.

The MD Republicans are nice people.

The MD Dems are still either fighting the civil war or trying to start a new one.