Mischief Maker wrote:

Years ago I'd moved to Berkeley CA with $1,000 in my pocket to become a street canvasser (political fundraiser) mainly to escape Wisconsin winters and to experience this cultural wellspring that students from the coasts always claim the midwest lacks. Long story short, I hated street canvassing, the weather was not nearly as warm as I expected, and the only difference I could find between Berkeley and Madison was that Berkeley had bums on every corner either passed out or panhandling more aggressively than any madison bum, kiosks had altweeklys devoted entirely to porn and adult personals, and the students were much jerkier about their leftist leanings.