A transplant from Pennsylvania spends a day searching for
John Updike's Eastwick and finds something much more interesting: the real Rhode Island. Were you aware that:
"Once you cross the state line, whether at Pawtucket or Westerly, a subtle change occurs, a cheerful dishevelment, a contempt for appearances, a chimerical uncaring"?
No? Well, I suppose that's just
Updike being Updike, but this short essay by Rory Schuler is a refreshing look at a
real place where Quahog and Eastwick don't actually exist.
A transplant from Pennsylvania spends a day searching for John Updike's Eastwick and finds something much more interesting: the real Rhode Island. Were you aware that: 
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