Overheard.

In a small bookstore in Manteca:

"Yeah, I heard they're going to make it into a strip mall, and put in some places to eat, maybe a Mexican place and some pizza."
"Oh, great. I was just thinking we didn't look enough like the Bay Area."

Right. Because adding two other generic food joints to a farm town is going to turn it straight into a cosmopolitan mecca of culture and fun. If only.