We're all accustomed to hearing car stereo systems blast music that can be heard in a block-wide radius as the car drives by. Pounding back-beats thump through over-sized woofers to shake the streets with the disembodied bass of some hip-hop or house-music track.
Very annoying.
But Berea, of course, is different. Yeah, the drivers here play their music as loud as anywhere else. But yesterday as I worked at my desk I heard a car drive down our quiet street. Its windows were open, its stereo was on, its volume was up.
The odd part: the guy was playing what sounded like polka music.
It wasn't so much annoying as it was confusing.