Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Coldness in the Inland Northwest
Kristen Knox's mention of Washington State University in Pullman prompted a discussion about the Moscow-Pullman area, and here's my take on the matter. I have lived in Moscow for four years and spent my fair share of time in Pullman. My experience echoes Jon Sutton's comment: This is an "awful place" to live (although nice to visit) because "the people are too cold." The momentum of this general human coldness is so great that even the Christians exhibit it. Lamentably, it has begun to wear off on me, too.
Perhaps I could bear to continue living around cold people if I was on the coast, in real mountains, or maybe in a nice big city, but I suspect that even those wonders would become insufficient. To (poorly) adapt WH Davies' "Leisure" -
What is this life if, full of coldness,
We feel no warmth to hang out and bless.
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