Backseat Cities: Travels Through Places People Only Live In

Backseat Cities are places you should probably visit but haven't.

Fairly or not, they "take a backseat" to large tourist destinations like New York, Los Angeles, or Miami, as well as to smaller towns such as Charleston, SC or Carmel, CA.

In other words, visiting a Backseat City is like sticking up for the middle guy.

There are dozens of Backseat Cities in America, prompting tourists around the world to ask, "Why would I go there?"

I ignored the strange looks and the questions and I went. Backseat Cities is the story of my travels.

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