when i was visiting family recently i realized that one of the biggest differences between Texas and MA is that MA has sooo many towns and cities. i drive through like 4 towns in 20 minutes just on my way to work. in Texas you can drive for two hours and still be in San Antonio somehow
my wife grew up in Connecticut and she talked about her town being "rural" and her home being a farmhouse, and i thought that meant Texas-style rural. no, you could throw a rock from her yard and hit the neighbor quite easily. just town after town after town. but no pizza delivery?