new england gothic: the radio announces the Storm of the Century even tho you literally had a storm like it last week. it's rush hour. you're driving down the breakdown lane bc apparently that's legal. the road is 100% pothole. you spot a dunkies, you want to stop but you're passed the exit already. you consider throwing ur car in reverse on the highway bc fuck it right, that's how people drive around here. but then you see another sign in the distance. you decide to carry on another half mile
a half mile later you are finally approaching dunkies, but it’s located on the other side of the divided pothole they call a highway. there’s no cloverleaf bc logic and urban planning is illegal in new england. so you literally cannot access the business on the other side of the road. but ahead you spot another dunkies, it’s another half mile but you decide you can probably make it that far. finally you arrive at a dunkies. actually a combination dunkin, legal seafoods, stop n shop. perfect. (2)(3) just the pick me up you need on the way to work. a little lobster and shitty coffee. very soon you’re back on the pothole, slowly making your way through the endless suburbs. you may have crossed a state line or four, you can’t even remember, but you’ve already paid $5,000 in tolls….. and that is New England Gothic as told by someone who has only seen the suburb my grandma lives in, and the hellish stretch of urban sprawl between her house and Logan
(all credit to @mrdarcysbutt i had nothing to do with this controversial piece.. for once)
