[MRM]

You guys are good. I was going to say it had to be Duluth, but your description sounds more like Superior. Except I don't think there's been any business to travel for in Superior for a long time. There's a lot of poverty along the north shore, as there is in most rural areas where there isn't much commerce. The nights are long, there isn't a lot of money and not much to do. It gets pretty drepressed by mid winter.

Any out of towner gets the same treatment. The stares aren't meant to be hostile, although they seem that way. They're curious and checking you out but aren't aggressive. Not unlike fellow cows greating newcomers at the rendering plant.

The Electric Fetus is locally infamous. It's been a thorn in the side of municiaplities since the early 70s. Your basic head shop/record store. The leading cases in Minnesota deciding what businesses can and can't do before the city shuts them down involve them. A more recent case builds on that body of law: State v Holmberg, 529 NW2d 100 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995). I thought the prosecutor in that case did a particularly nice job. I'm glad to see they've branched out to adult toys. It makes a good product mix for them. By the way, uirine cleaners aren't for cattle. Presumably they provide "clean" urine samples for drug tests.