The exodus

As I look back at my time spent in the county, I can definitely say that living there has helped me appreciate the little things in life such as the following:

• paved roads
• a grocery store
• shopping malls
• movie theaters
• Chick-fil-A
• Starbucks
• Target
• Walmart
• Kroger
• Belk
• Gap
• diversity
• education
• integration

Every cloud has a silver lining

You never truly appreciate the privilege of having a real Walmart (all Walmarts are not created equally) less than 10 minutes from your house until you have to drive an hour to get there.