Paul enrolled in a technical college in Durham and has been assigned an English paper in which he needs to compare and contrast two things. The teacher said it might be good to compare the people of Raleigh to those who live in Durham. “In this town, folks are curious and will allow you to merge into their lane, while in Raleigh they’re all too busy and stuck-up,” she said. Paul is thinking that for his paper he’d like to compare mushrooms to acid.