Eavesdropping on Coffee Shop Convo

So, I got a gift card from my son and his mother for Christmas from a very nice coffee shop in Lenox. I don't normally sit and have my coffee here, but I do frequent coffee shops around Berkshire County- especially those with free wi-fi and so I decided this morning to check this one out.

What struck me, sitting here, is the type of conversations patrons were having. The topics vary greatly from what I am normally used to hearing at my own "local" in Dalton or even the cafes I frequent in Pittsfield......

For example, as soon as I sat down a woman across from me asked "Excuse me sir, I was wondering if you could tell me...I have seemed to have forgotten if it was Socrates or Demosthenes who walked around with a pebble in his mouth?" At that very moment a man, sitting clear across the room from me shouted out to someone at the counter "My movie will be coming out next spring" (no, it wasn't George Clooney). Two women sitting nearby were talking about their "other homes" in New York City and one guy was telling a friend how he just saw an ad for a dog walker and was going to make the call today as he is tired of having to walk his dog in the cold.

I am not saying that I never hear these same type of conversations in Dalton or Pittsfield......it's just that they seem to be more prevalent here in Lenox. The conversations I normally overhear are about a story in the Berkshire Eagle, will this be a good planting season or not?, about a sermon given at the Sunday Mass, or an issue  going on with the local public school. It is not often that I get asked about ancient philosophers, or if the person advertising a dog walking service is reputable.

My point in writing this piece isn't to start a class coffee warfare. I am not bashing the good coffee patrons in Lenox, in fact I was delighted that I must have looked intelligent enough at that hour of the morning to someone to be considered an expert of ancient philosophers. My point is to point out that within the Berkshires, within a distance of just a  few miles, the topics of conversation, the things important enough for people to talk about over their morning joe can be truly striking and very different.

Is it like this everywhere? I suppose coffee shops are in their own way community focal points and the people who frequent their "local" are representative of those who live nearby.

Do you agree?