What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
Those whom we first love we seldom marry
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.