Inside Outsider

As the token white guy around in many situations, I often notice things that no one else does. One of those things? Where I live in Shonai is extremely insular, that people from the town over are seen as different, most often in a good way though.

There is still infighting between Sakata and Tsuruoka, which actually are so close they touch each other, and these days really arenโ€™t that different (sorry not sorry if I offend anyone by saying that). Infighting in the sense that people say things like โ€˜Tsuruoka has better restaurantsโ€™ or โ€˜Sakata has more going for itโ€™. But theyโ€™re really very similar (amazingly, there is even infighting within Sakata).

In a way, because theyโ€™re so insular, the outsiders kind of cancel each other out and that can make it easier to become an insider (if you find that desirable of course).

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