Within one hour of landing in Pennsylvania, my coworker Uchiyama was asked the question that decides your whole future there. "Wawa or Sheetz?" He did not know either word. He assumed it was how people say hello here. He said, "Thank you." LINE, first week: "They are gas stations. Also restaurants. Also a religion. The east side of the state is Wawa. The west side is Sheetz. The center is a battlefield." LINE, second week: "A man at work said his parents had a mixed marriage. I said that is beautiful. He said, 'Wawa and Sheetz.' He was not smiling." We had this in Japan once. More than eight hundred years ago. The Genji flew white flags. The Heike flew red flags. They fought for five years, and it ended in the sea. Pennsylvania has the same thing. With hoagies. Uchiyama, being Japanese, tried to stay neutral. He bought his morning coffee at both. On alternating days. He kept the receipts. Both sides found out. Then, one night in October, his rental car died at 1 a.m. on a dark road in central Pennsylvania. Right in the war zone. The first car to stop had a Wawa travel mug in the cup holder. The second had a Sheetz sticker on the bumper. Two strangers. Enemies since birth. They spent forty minutes in the cold, arguing about hoagies and jumping his battery. Then one of them trailed him to the highway to make sure the car held. Before they left, the Wawa man shook the Sheetz man's hand. "Good man." "You too, buddy." LINE, 2:14 a.m.: "I understand now. It is a war. But it is a war between brothers." He has picked a side now. He asked me not to tell you which one. For his safety.

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