> Last year I was in 40 states, 100 cities, not one audience was able to say to me "yes, enjoy some of our fine local water, it is pure and it is good"
Should have toured Sweden where people get into arguments whether their town has the better water or not. π€£
Dad: "Must be good to be back here for a visit, drink some real good water." Me: "Actually the LinkΓΆping water is pretty good too." Dad: *grunts disapprovingly*
@Michael Downey π€r: If it's not as heavily chlorinated as Florida and Hong Kong water, that'd be a great improvement already.
Chlorine is a great public health intervention, but not when the kitchen smells like a swimming pool when you pour a glass, or the syrup soda at the fast food place *tastes* like a swimming pool.
In Irwindale, the water came out looking like diluted milk ... and stayed that way several minutes later. It is an old rock quarrying town, so I suspect it was just rock debris suspended in the water.
In Mississippi, the water came out yellow for a few days before getting clear again. The same thing happened in #Baton_Rouge, but it was only one or two days and it only happened once.
@lnxw48a1 @clacke You've never found a place where tap water tastes good in the states? Dude, you need to get out of the city. Plenty of good well water out in the country.
You've never found a place where tap water tastes good in the states? Dude, you need to get out of the city. Plenty of good well water out in the country.
@gnu2 I tend to work in smaller cities, like Salina Kansas and Starkville Mississippi, or in state capitals. Many of them aren't horrible, but neither are they particular enjoyable. That's when sodas and other drinks become attractive.
When you drink from a mountain stream (or a bottle of Fiji water) there is a deep pleasure in every sip. You don't want any other beverages, just water.
@lnxw48a1 in the midwest its just pop. When I moved to Houston nobody had any idea what I was asking for when I asked for a "small pop" damn Texans called everything "coke." Proves once again the midwest is the best.
@gnu2 Ah, I've spent a few years working in MO, KS, NE, but never encountered "pop" there. I'd guess someone probably made a map of which term is heard in which states, but I'm not goin to look for it right now.
> The Census Bureau's definition consists of 12 states in the north central United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.