The Central New York Car Culture

Some places are known to have large numbers of a particular type of car. Seattle, for example, probably has more Priuses than anywhere else in Washington state. Here in my birth turf of Central New York, the major vehicles on the road are trucks and SUV’s. I can understand trucks since this is a rural part of the state, but the preponderance of SUV’s is baffling to me. In my family, about the only one with a car is my nephew’s wife. Even my mother has an SUV. Nevertheless, our rental VW Beetle sticks out like a sore thumb in most parking lots hereabouts.