I never thought there was much difference. Idle chatter gets dull awfully quickly without meaning or shared interest. Sometimes I think people worry too much about what they say, how it might be taken, who they might connect with, who they might offend. There may have been a time not a word I said was true, but at least I told interesting lies.
There are people I miss, but I expect I belong here as much as I do anywhere else. Vegas was becoming strange when I was brought here, Vallo is stranger still, and I feel as strange as either one.