Some contextual thoughts on driving down the I-35 corridor

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I grew up in New York City; until I did Teach for America down in Houston in 2003 (the year I graduated from college, also on the east coast), I had basically never left the I-95 corridor. I-95 is its own beast. The corridor's economy is basically the size of Germany and has America's fina…