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by _ktx2 1702 days ago
> (if you want evidence of his antipathy to Missouri's cities, look no further than covid vaccine distribution - St. Louis had maybe one single site, but rural areas had more vaccines than they could use. My elderly parents had to drive for hours to get to one of those underused sites because there simply weren't any vaccines to be found in the metro area.)

I lived in SoCal at the time and had to do the same thing. I drove about an hour and a half into the desert to get it when my name came up, and I lived in the city of San Diego.

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> I lived in SoCal at the time and had to do the same thing. I drove about an hour and a half into the desert to get it when my name came up, and I lived in the city of San Diego.

The salient difference probably being demand (likely high in SD) versus malicious or apathetic political will.

That would be an incorrect assumption. At the time, we were still using the classification and opt-in system. The local and state governments knew exactly where demand was and wasn't.
Hello neighbor!

I had to do the same thing and drive out to Julien. I live in San Diego too.

Did you at least snag one of those delicious pies for your troubles?
Of course :D