Come to the midwest. The fattest mother****ers squish themselves into tiny, butt sucking pants, haha
My first bag was a Timbuk 2, and I loved it, but that was 25 years ago. Yer right, they are definitely pretty cheap feeling now. I don't think Chrome makes crappy stuff. I wasn't saying that in any way. But it's def no different than any other sportsgear company like North Face, Columbia, etc. It's just marketed towards "cool people".
Midwest? Pssshhhh, I am already here. North of you my friend. Up in the mitten.