I started in a new role this year and I will be spending a good chunk of time on the scenic byways of Virginia and North Carolina, with occasional detours out into the greater US.
I don’t mind a quiet drive through the ivy- and kudzu-covered countryside. It’s nice.
I also enjoy seeing what remains of some of the manufacturing infrastructure that was the basis for these communities in the first place. Not ruins, necessarily, but rather the well-worn railways and warehouses. It’s all still running, but it’s far from shiny or new.