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@skinnylatte duluth MN (~89,000 ppl) is the smallest place i've lived since i left home (= middle of nowhere MN). it's taking some getting used to.

went to college in st.paul/minneapolis, which was enormous then and even more so now. then i moved to boston, and then austin TX, which was smaller than boston at the time, but in the 20 years i lived there, multiplied itself by at least 10 times.

so now that i'm back in minnesota -- in a much smaller city than i was before, it's lovely but also annoying. what do you mean i can't just go get some random item at a local store any time? what do you mean they don't even have that kind of store here?? i seriously have to drive 2.5 hours to minneapolis to get decent indian food? (there is only one place here and it's super meh.) why did i come up here again?!

..... oh, right. the trees. and Lake Superior.