This Wednesday, San Antonio marks Diez y Seis de Septiembre, the day Mexico’s independence movement began in 1810. Restaurants across South Texas will roast cabrito, a young goat, right alongside the tacos and the mariachis. Many people outside Texas have never eaten goat and don’t plan to start. These are the foods Texas built out…
A visitor pulls into a gas station in Manhattan, Kansas and asks the clerk why her town calls itself something that isn’t even Manhattan. She just laughs. Every local has heard the question hundreds of times, and none of them care to explain it to strangers anymore. These are the Kansas phrases that leave out-of-staters…
New Yorkers are famous for knowing how to make the most of limited space. But that doesn’t mean every guest gets unlimited freedom. Even the most welcoming host has a line, and crossing it can turn a friendly stay into an uncomfortable situation. These are the rude houseguest behaviors New York hosts consider grounds for…
In 1984, South Carolina lawmakers spent floor time voting a dance style into law as the state’s official dance. Few transplants know that. They hear a neighbor mention it, picture something else, and spend the rest of the conversation confused. These are the sayings South Carolinians use that newcomers hear completely wrong. 1. Upstate South…
The average Nashville household sends close to 4,000 pounds of garbage to the landfill every year, according to the city’s waste department. But a portion of that trash never should have reached the curb the way it did. These are the things Tennessee garbage collectors wish every household understood before garbage day. 1. Your Cart’s…
Some New York City apartment rules are easy to understand. Others might make you wonder who would ever break them. But tenants do, from putting grills on fire escapes to sneaking washing machines into apartments without permission. Here are some of the things New York City leases ban that residents do anyway. Note: This is…
Michiganders hit more than 58,000 deer every year. Many of those crashes trace back to a bad habit behind the wheel, not bad luck. These are the driving mistakes that turn Michigan’s deer season into an insurance claim. Note: This is general information, not insurance advice. Coverage and terms are subject to change, so check…
South Dakota charges its full state sales tax on a routine grocery run. Idaho is the only other state that does the same thing. Newcomers who budget the way they did back home find that out the moment they unload a full cart at the register. These are the things that confuse out-of-staters who move…
Delaware fits three counties into 1,949 square miles, the second-smallest footprint of any state in the country. That’s not much room to spread out. But it’s apparently enough room to grow three different vocabularies, since a phrase that means everything in Wilmington can draw a shrug forty-five minutes south. These are the Delaware words and…
Adults 18 to 29 are now the fastest-swinging age group on artificial intelligence (AI) in the nation. A Gallup report published in late July found 47% of them now believe AI is doing more harm than good, up from 36% a year earlier, the largest jump Gallup measured in any age group. Nobody expected the…
