Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Funny. While living in Lubbock, TX, my family and I walked to the grocery store. For us, that's a normal thing. Apparently it was so odd in Lubbock that someone I had just met a few hours earlier stopped her Suburban (everyone there owns one of those) in the middle of a seven lane road to ask if we were okay or if we needed a ride. I was pleased with how friendly everyone was, but it was like living in a twilight zone episode for us. At least the police ignored us.
This made me laugh because we had a similar experience in Mobile, AL. Got tailed around the grocery store by the cops quite a few times when I showed up on foot or bike, and the employees were delightfully friendly asking if we needed assistance in every aisle! We also confused our neighbors with the late night walks to Krispy Kreme, and were on several occasions offered rides to...the Art Walk.