Please don't take personal swipes or lash back at another comment, even if it is wrong or seems so. Doing that only makes things worse. It doesn't help.
I took it to mean not relatable because we go "what's the big deal, looks like a hillier version of what and who I can see if I find a state highway and drive 20 minutes", here in the Midwest. A jab at the New Yorker more than the Midwest. That's my charitable reading based on the tone of the rest of the post, anyway—but I could be wrong.
Exactly. The entire paragraph after that sentence confirms exactly this reading... charity not necessary.
Midwesterner here.
You don't speak for me. JD Vance doesn't speak for me.
Try listening for once.