Where I Live

I can't really say that I liked "Where I Live." I expected the story to be good because it is the first piece in the entire book, yet it doesn't even really seem to be a short story to me. Vonnegut introduces to the reader an encyclopedia salesman who, at first, appears to be the protagonist, but eventually any potential plot just seemed to fall into oblivion from there. I now consider "Where I Live" to be more of and introduction to the rest of the book (even though there is a preface too), rather than one of Vonnegut's stories. After looking at the piece through a different lens, one with fewer expectations, I found the "story" to be an interesting analysis of Cape Codders, who I have now learned are somewhat exclusive in their ways.