Loose Ends: What is reality?

“When are you moving back to reality?” a relative asked years ago. The long distances between towns, the lack of diversity, and the lack of various commercial concerns that most of us depend upon were only a few of the things that led her to consider her reality more valuable than mine. Yet, the question nagged at me. Why is one region considered more real than another?
“Come Visit the Real West” or “Take a…