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Old 12-21-16 | 08:53 AM
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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.
I have had similar interactions with strangers and near-strangers when travelling in the USA, and also never had the police hassle me. Ahh, it's nice to be white
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