When you move to a city, as opposed to visiting it as a tourist, you see many things differently. Here are just a few of the differences I have discovered.
The mustard looks like Cheese Whiz but tastes like mustard.
There is no Cheese Whiz.
There are fewer preservatives in food, so it doesn't last as long.
Food tastes better.
Lack of obesity. Except for the elderly, I have seen fewer large people. However, I still see my size clothing in stores.
Everyone is my height - short. My husband is an outlier in height. This causes some people to stare.
People talk to you. I have been here for two weeks, and already there are people calling me by name in a coffee shop and in a book store. There are people I see every day on my walk to work who always smile and say a few words.
No potholes in the streets.
Always people walking around going places and doing things. Everyone lives in walking or bus distance of where they work or go to school, so more people are out and about.
More young families out enjoying activities together.
More charity-driven thrift stores - and more people shopping here.
More sense of style. No ripped jeans and t-shirts. Of course, it is winter. Less slovenliness.
This is not true of every restaurant I have been in, but it is true in most. Attention paid to food allergies. My number one food allergy - peppers - has not been listed yet. But I see other food allergies posted on menus and menu item carefully marked.
Fewer choices in grocery stores. This makes it easier for me to shop. Instead of twenty different brands of detergent, there are four - two are for sensitive skin.
Okay, that's enough for now. I think this is a post that will repeat.
The mustard looks like Cheese Whiz but tastes like mustard.
There is no Cheese Whiz.
There are fewer preservatives in food, so it doesn't last as long.
Food tastes better.
Lack of obesity. Except for the elderly, I have seen fewer large people. However, I still see my size clothing in stores.
Everyone is my height - short. My husband is an outlier in height. This causes some people to stare.
People talk to you. I have been here for two weeks, and already there are people calling me by name in a coffee shop and in a book store. There are people I see every day on my walk to work who always smile and say a few words.
No potholes in the streets.
Always people walking around going places and doing things. Everyone lives in walking or bus distance of where they work or go to school, so more people are out and about.
More young families out enjoying activities together.
More charity-driven thrift stores - and more people shopping here.
More sense of style. No ripped jeans and t-shirts. Of course, it is winter. Less slovenliness.
This is not true of every restaurant I have been in, but it is true in most. Attention paid to food allergies. My number one food allergy - peppers - has not been listed yet. But I see other food allergies posted on menus and menu item carefully marked.
Fewer choices in grocery stores. This makes it easier for me to shop. Instead of twenty different brands of detergent, there are four - two are for sensitive skin.
Okay, that's enough for now. I think this is a post that will repeat.