So far, I've really only lived (spent 2+ months) in four separate places: Ohio, Pittsburgh, New York City, and San Jose. That said, there is no way in hell I w

So far, I've really only lived (spent 2+ months) in four separate places: Ohio, Pittsburgh, New York City, and San Jose. That said, there is no way in hell I would ever think I could characterize "America" in one essay without specifying a huge number of exceptions for each of Ohio, Pittsburgh, NYC, and Silicon Valley. Yeah, it's kind of fun to see how someone with a different perspective might characterize us, but this isn't the kind of thing you should read and think "well, that doesn't gel perfectly with my experience," because no account of all American people ever will.