u/PresentToe409

Been in Tri-cities since October, looking for vet options for my 2 dogs (3 year old GS/PB/etc mix, 5 year old mini pinscher mix).

I took one to the VCA Animal Medical center, but to be completely honest my experience with one of the vet techs has me really hesitant to return.

Is Richland Animal Hospital any good? Website seems to show a wide range of medical services and has a pharmacy on site (that like CVS where I can walk up to a window to get a refill, or is it basically just regular medication dispensary by appt like at other vets?)

I'm especially trying to figure out something soon since the other needs to get her annual checkup and I want to have a solid vet established before heading into the hot months between the heat and any wildfire smoke issues.

I am originally from Northern Virginia. I am used to having to deal with asshole drivers, that is not a new experience for me.

What is a new experience for me? Is some of the genuinely terrible driving that I have experienced during my time living here. It feels like some of the folks driving around here have like the worst case of main character syndrome I have ever seen with just straight up flagrant disregard for basic traffic laws or just straight up not being a raging moron on the road.

I have seen multiple cases of people treating red lights like suggestions. On my commute to work this morning. I saw a guy doing 70 on a residential road swerving around people going the speed limit.

I have seen what appeared to be a soccer mom jump up to what had to be 90 mph, just to get around me to get to an exit that she was already in the lane for and was going to be at in like 3 seconds.

I have had people do blind 90° turns in my neighborhood, while actively not looking at the road, end up in the wrong lane, and then act like I was the asshole driver for stopping and using my horn to get their attention so they did not ram into me head on.

I fer to this as stupid driving not to be insulting, but because I literally cannot conceive of any other words to accurately describe some of the ridiculous bad decision making I have seen in some of the drivers around here.

Is this a West Coast thing? Is it a Washington thing? Is it in Eastern Washington thing? Because I grew up out in the country back on the East Coast and people here still take the cake when it comes to feats of bad driving.