Regional characteristics

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“If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England. If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England. …If vacation means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England. If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England…. If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in New England. If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you live in New England . … . ... If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England . … If you know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England … If there's a Dunkin’ Donuts on every corner, you live in New England.’’

— Jeff Foxworthy (born 1948), comedian, actor, writer and producer from the State of Georgia

The original Dunkin' Donuts, in Quincy, Mass., after its renovation in the 2000s

The original Dunkin' Donuts, in Quincy, Mass., after its renovation in the 2000s